Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/-nu

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 This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Etymology

Related to *na (“prohibitive marker”).

Suffix

*-nu (infinitive *-ni, irrealis *-na)

  1. Negativizes a verb in the irrealis stem.
    *kikanu
    does not listen

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: ぬ (nu), ず (-zu) (< *-nu, *-n(i)su)
    • Japanese: ぬ (-nu), ず (-zu) (literary)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *-nai (suffixed with the irrealis *-na and *wu (“to have; to sit”))
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