Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/nami

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 *nami (“wave”).

Pronunciation

Tone class: B

Noun

*nami

wave

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 波, 浪, 濤 (nami)
- Kunigami: 波, 浪, 濤 (namī)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 波, 浪, 濤 (nami)
- Okinawan: 波, 浪, 濤 (nami)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 波, 浪, 濤 (nāmī, nānī)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 波, 浪, 濤 (nami)
- Toku-No-Shima: 波, 浪, 濤 (namī)
- Yoron: 波, 浪, 濤 (nan)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 波, 浪, 濤 (namï)
- Yaeyama: 波, 浪, 濤 (nan)
- Yonaguni: 波, 浪, 濤 (nan)

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