Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/naka

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 *naka (“middle”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: C

Noun

*naka

1. middle

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai:

    Aden: 中 (nā) (tone class C)

    Araki: 中 (nā) (tone class C)

    Kamikatetsu: 中 (nā) (tone class C)

    Nakasato: 中 (nā) (tone class C)

    Onotsu: 中 (nā) (tone class BC)

    Sakamine: 中 (nā) (tone class C)

    Shiomichi: 中 (nā) (tone class C)

    Shitōke: 中 (nā) (tone class BC)

    Wan: 中 (nā) (tone class C)

  • Kunigami:

    Nakijin: 中 (nahā) (tone class C)

  • Northern Amami Ōshima:

    Naze: 中 (nā) (tone class C)

  • Okinawan:

    Shuri: 中 (nāka) (tone class C)

  • Okinoerabu:

    Wadomari: 中 (nā) (tone class A)

  • Tokunoshima:

    Asama: 中 (nā) (tone class AC)

  • Yoron: 中 (nā) (tone class C)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako:

    Bora: 中 (naka)

    Hirara: 中 (naka)

    Ikema: 中 (naka) (tone class C)

    Irabu: 中 (naka)

    Karimata: 中 (nā)

    Kuninaka: 中 (naka)

    Minna: 中 (naka) (tone class C)

    Nobaru: 中 (naka)

    Ōgami: 中 (naka)

    Ōura: 中 (naka)

    Tarama: 中 (naka) (tone class C)

    Shimajiri: 中 (naka)

  • Yaeyama:

    Hateruma: 中 (naga) (tone class A)

    Hatoma: 中 (naka) (tone class A)

    Ishigaki: 中 (naka) (tone class A)

  • Yonaguni: 中 (naga) (tone class C)