Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/nao
(Redirected from Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/nawo)
Proto-Ryukyuan[edit]
Reconstruction[edit]
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[edit]
From Proto-Japonic *n-anu- (“what”).
Pronoun[edit]
*nao[1]
Descendants[edit]
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Southern Ryukyuan: