Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/-nai

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Japonic *-nu (verb negativizer).

Suffix

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*-nai

  1. Negativizes a verb in the irrealis stem.

Descendants

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