Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/naka

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 *naka (“middle”).

Pronunciation

Tone class: C

Noun

*naka

middle

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai:
  Aden: 中 (nā) (tone class C)
  
  Araki: 中 (nā) (tone class C)
  
  Kamikatetsu: 中 (nā) (tone class C)
  
  Nakasato: 中 (nā) (tone class C)
  
  Onotsu: 中 (nā) (tone class BC)
  
  Sakamine: 中 (nā) (tone class C)
  
  Shiomichi: 中 (nā) (tone class C)
  
  Shitōke: 中 (nā) (tone class BC)
  
  Wan: 中 (nā) (tone class C)
- Kunigami:
  Nakijin: 中 (nahā) (tone class C)
- Northern Amami-Oshima:
  Naze: 中 (nā) (tone class C)
- Okinawan:
  Shuri: 中 (nāka) (tone class C)
- Oki-No-Erabu:
  Wadomari: 中 (nā) (tone class A)
- Toku-No-Shima:
  Asama: 中 (nā) (tone class AC)
- Yoron: 中 (nā) (tone class C)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako:
  Bora: 中 (naka)
  
  Hirara: 中 (naka)
  
  Ikema: 中 (naka) (tone class C)
  
  Irabu: 中 (naka)
  
  Karimata: 中 (nā)
  
  Kuninaka: 中 (naka)
  
  Minna: 中 (naka) (tone class C)
  
  Nobaru: 中 (naka)
  
  Ōgami: 中 (naka)
  
  Ōura: 中 (naka)
  
  Tarama: 中 (naka) (tone class C)
  
  Shimajiri: 中 (naka)
- Yaeyama:
  Hateruma: 中 (naga) (tone class A)
  
  Hatoma: 中 (naka) (tone class A)
  
  Ishigaki: 中 (naka) (tone class A)
- Yonaguni: 中 (naga) (tone class C)

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