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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/niga

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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 *ninka (bitter).

Adjective

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*niga

  1. bitter

Descendants

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  • Northern Ryukyuan: 리가사 (/ri.ka.sa/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kikai: 苦さい (nyāsai)
    • Kunigami: 苦ーせん (jāsen)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 苦さり (nigyasari)
    • Okinawan: 苦さん (njasan)
    • Okinoerabu: 苦さん (nigyasan)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 苦ーさむっ (nigyāsam)
    • Tokunoshima: 苦ーい (ingyāi)
    • Yoron: 苦さん (ninjasan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:

References

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  • Samuel E. Martin (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 837
  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 264-265
  • Lin, Chihkai (2015 August) A Reconstruction of Old Okinawan: A Corpus-Based Approach[2], University of Hawaii at Manoa, page 118