Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/natu

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 *natu (“summer”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /natu/

Noun

*natu

summer

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 夏 (natsu)
- Kunigami: 夏 (nachī)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 夏 (nacï)
- Okinawan: 夏 (nachi)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 夏 (nachiguri) (< *natuguri)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 夏 (nat)
- Toku-No-Shima: 夏 (nacïï)
- Yoron: 夏 (nachi)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 夏 (natsï)
- Yaeyama: 夏 (natsï)
- Yonaguni: 夏 (nachi)

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