Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/nanka

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Adjective

*nanka

long (both spatial and temporal)

Descendants

Old Japanese: 長 (naga)
- Japanese: 長い, 永い (nagai)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *naga
- 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: 長あい, 永あい (nagaai)
  - 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)

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