Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mina

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

Noun

*mina

1. freshwater snail, Semisulcospira libertina

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 蜷 (mi₁na)
  • Japanese: 蜷 (mina)
  • Japanese: 蜷, 螺 (nina)
    • ⇒ Japanese: 川蜷, カワニナ (kawanina)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *mina, *ta-mina, *siro-mina
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 蜷, 貝 (mina), 田蜷 (θanmyā) (< *mina, *tamina)
    • Kunigami: 蜷, 貝 (nā, minā), 田蜷 (thannā) (< *mina, *tamina)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 蜷 (mya), 田蜷 (θanmya) (< *mina, *tamina)
    • Okinawan: 田蜷 (tānna), 白蜷 (shirunna) (< *tamina, *siromina)
    • Okinoerabu: 蜷, 貝 (nyā), 田蜷 (θannya, θannyā) (< *tamina)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 蜷, 貝 (minya), 田蜷 (θanmya) (< *mina, *tamina)
    • Tokunoshima: 蜷, 貝 (myā, nyā), 田蜷 (θannya), 曲がり蜷 (magarinnya) (< *mina, *tamina, *magarimina)
    • Yoron: 蜷, 貝 (hinya), 田蜷 (tannya) (< *mina, *tamina)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 蜷 (mna)
    • Yaeyama: 蜷 (nna)
    • Yonaguni: 蜷, 貝 (nda), 田蜷 (tanna) (< *mina, *tamina)