Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/nuka

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Japonic *noka (rice bran).

Noun[edit]

*nuka

  1. rice bran

Descendants[edit]

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: (nuxa)
    • Kunigami: (nukā)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: (noxa)
    • Okinawan: (nuka)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: (nukā)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: (nukā)
    • Toku-No-Shima: (nukā)
    • Yoron: (nuka)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: (nka)
    • Yaeyama: (nuka)
    • Yonaguni: (nugan)