Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/-na

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 *na (“no, not; don't”).

Suffix

*-na

1. prohibitive marker

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: な (na)
  • Kunigami: な (na)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: な (na)
  • Okinawan: な (na)
  • Okinoerabu: な (na)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: な (na)
  • Tokunoshima: な (na)
  • Yoron: な (na)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: な (na)
  • Yaeyama: な (na)
  • Yonaguni: な (na)