Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/nao

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Proto-Ryukyuan

Reconstruction

Most Ryukyuan words meaning "what" would either be 何 (nō) or 何 (nū). However a form exists in Old Ryukyuan nau, and also literary Miyako 何 (nau), suggesting that the forms result from monophthongization.

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *n-anu- (“what”).

Pronoun

*nao[1]

  1. what

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 何 (nū)
    • Kunigami: 何 (nū)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 何 (nū)
    • Okinawan: 何 (nū)
    • Okinoerabu: 何 (nū)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 何 (nū)
    • Tokunoshima: 何 (nu)
    • Yoron: 何 (nū)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 何 (nau, nō)
    • Yaeyama: 何 (nō)
    • Yonaguni: 何 (nū)

References

  1. ^ Alexander Vovin (2010) Koreo-Japonica: A Re-evaluation of a Common Genetic Origin‎, →ISBN, →JSTOR, pages 66-67
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