Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/munanki

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

Noun

*munanki

1. eel

Descendants

• Old Japanese: むなぎ (munagi₁)
  • Japanese: 鰻 (unagi)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *munagi, *onagi
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 鰻 (unagi)
    • Kunigami: 鰻 (unāji)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 鰻 (onagi)
    • Okinawan: 鰻 ('nnaji)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 鰻 (unagi, unaji)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 鰻 (unag)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 鰻 (unāgi)
    • Yoron: 鰻 (unagi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 鰻 (mnagzï, unagzï)
    • Yaeyama: 鰻 (ūnai)
    • Yonaguni: 鰻 (nada) (< *munagi-ya)