Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ne

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 *nəi (“baggage, cargo, load”).

Noun

*ne

1. baggage, cargo, load

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 荷 (nī)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 荷 (ni)
  • Okinoerabu: 荷 (nī)
  • Middle Okinawan: 荷 (NI) (Ryūka Gikyoku)
    • Kunigami: 荷 (nī)
    • Okinawan: 荷 (ni)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 荷 (nïï)
  • Tokunoshima: 荷 (nï)
  • Yoron: 荷 (nī)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 荷 (n, nī)
  • Yaeyama: 荷 (nī)
  • Yonaguni: 荷 (nī)