Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/nozi

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *noozi
• *noogiri

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *nonsi (“rainbow”).

Noun

*nozi

1. rainbow

Reconstruction notes

Yonaguni uses あみぬまゆ (ami-nu-mayu) or あみぬみゃ (ami-nu-mya) for "rainbow". Kikai might be a loanword from Japanese.

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 虹 (niji)
  • ⇒ Kunigami: 天道虹 (thintōnōjiri) (< *tentau-noziri)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 虹 (nōgi)
  • Okinawan: 虹 (nūji)
  • Okinoerabu: 虹 (nōgi)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 虹 (noki, nok)
  • Tokunoshima: 虹 (nōji)
  • ⇒ Yoron: 虹 (gōnuji)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 虹 (nūzï)
  • Yaeyama: 虹 (nūji)