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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/nana

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

Possibly cognate with Goguryeo 難隱 (nanin). Also maybe Proto-Tungusic *nadan.[1]

Numeral
Proto-Japonic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *nana

*nana

  1. seven

Descendants
  • Old Japanese: 七 (nana)
    • Japanese: 七 (nana)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *nana
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 七 (nana)
      • Kunigami: 七 (nana)
      • Northern Amami-Oshima: 七 (nana)
      • Okinawan: 七 (nana)
      • Oki-No-Erabu: 七 (nana)
      • Southern Amami-Oshima: 七 (nana)
      • Toku-No-Shima: 七 (nana)
      • Yoron: 七 (nana)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 七 (nana)
      • Yaeyama: 七 (nana)
      • Yonaguni: 七 (nana)

References
  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*nana-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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