Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/niga
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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 *ninka (“bitter”).
Adjective
*niga
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan: 리가사 (/ri.ka.sa/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
References
- Samuel E. Martin (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 837
- Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History, Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 264-265
- Lin, Chihkai (2015 August) A Reconstruction of Old Okinawan: A Corpus-Based Approach, University of Hawaii at Manoa, page 118