Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/inay

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.

This Proto-Japonic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Japonic

Etymology

Related to *yənay (“grain (of rice)”).

Noun

*inay

1. rice plant

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 稲 (ine, ina)
  • Japanese: 稲 (ine, ina)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *ine
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 稲 (ï, ini, inï)
    • Kunigami: 稲 (nī)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 稲 (nī, nyā)
    • Okinawan: 稲 (nni)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 稲 (inī)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 稲 (inïï, 'ini, 'inī)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 稲 (inïï)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 稲 (ini)
    • Yaeyama: 稲 (ini)
    • Yonaguni: 稲 (nni)