Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/naga

This Proto-Ryukyuan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *nanka (“long”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /naɡa/

Adjective

*naga

long (both spatial and temporal)

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 長ーさい, 永ーさい (nagāsai, nāsai)
- Kunigami: 長ーせん, 永ーせん (nagāsen)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 長さり, 永さり (nagasari)
- Okinawan: 長さん, 永さん (nagasan)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 長さん, 永さん (nagasan)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 長ーさむっ, 永ーさむっ (nagasam)
- Toku-No-Shima: 長さい, 永さい (nagasai)
- Yoron: 長さん, 永さん (nagasan)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 長, 永 (naga)
- Yaeyama: 長ーさん, 永ーさん (nāsan)
- Yonaguni: 長ーん, 永ーん (nān)