Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/nə

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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

Probably an apophonic form of *-na (genitive marker).

Particle

*nə

  1. genitive case marker

Usage notes

According to Pellard (2023), Proto-Japonic *-nka originally applied only to genitive forms of pronouns. Elsewhere, *nə was used. In Proto-Ryukyuan, due to later animistic influence, it was semantically extended as a nominative case marker (Proto-Japonic simply used the bare noun for the nominative).

However, in Old Japanese, (ga) was used after nominatives in general, not just pronouns. Morever, when following pronouns or other nominatives indicating persons, (ga) marked other nominatives that were relatively close to the indicated person, while (no) was used for nominatives that were more psychologically or emotionally distant.[1][2]

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: (no2)
    • Japanese: (no)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *no
    • Northern Ryukyuan: (/no/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
      • Kikai: (nu)
      • Kunigami: (nu)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (nu)
      • Okinawan: (nu)
      • Okinoerabu: (nu)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (nu)
      • Tokunoshima: (nu)
      • Yoron: (nu)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (nu)
      • Yaeyama: (nu)
      • Yonaguni: (nu)

See also

References

  1. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006