Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/nuka

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 *noka (“rice bran”).

Noun

*nuka

1. rice bran

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 糠 (nuxa)
  • Kunigami: 糠 (nukā)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 糠 (noxa)
  • Okinawan: 糠 (nuka)
  • Okinoerabu: 糠 (nukā)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 糠 (nukā)
  • Tokunoshima: 糠 (nukā)
  • Yoron: 糠 (nuka)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 糠 (nka)
  • Yaeyama: 糠 (nuka)
  • Yonaguni: 糠 (nugan)