Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/naka

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

*naka

1. middle
2. inside

   Synonym: *utuy

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 中 (na, naka)
  • Japanese: 中 (naka)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *naka
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai:

      Aden: 中 (nā) (tone class C)

      Araki: 中 (nā) (tone class C)

      Kamikatetsu: 中 (nā) (tone class C)

      Nakasato: 中 (nā) (tone class C)

      Onotsu: 中 (nā) (tone class BC)

      Sakamine: 中 (nā) (tone class C)

      Shiomichi: 中 (nā) (tone class C)

      Shitōke: 中 (nā) (tone class BC)

      Wan: 中 (nā) (tone class C)

    • Kunigami:

      Nakijin: 中 (nahā) (tone class C)

    • Northern Amami-Oshima:

      Naze: 中 (nā) (tone class C)

    • Okinawan:

      Shuri: 中 (nāka) (tone class C)

    • Oki-No-Erabu:

      Wadomari: 中 (nā) (tone class A)

    • Toku-No-Shima:

      Asama: 中 (nā) (tone class AC)

    • Yoron: 中 (nā) (tone class C)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako:

      Bora: 中 (naka)

      Hirara: 中 (naka)

      Ikema: 中 (naka) (tone class C)

      Irabu: 中 (naka)

      Karimata: 中 (nā)

      Kuninaka: 中 (naka)

      Minna: 中 (naka) (tone class C)

      Nobaru: 中 (naka)

      Ōgami: 中 (naka)

      Ōura: 中 (naka)

      Tarama: 中 (naka) (tone class C)

      Shimajiri: 中 (naka)

    • Yaeyama:

      Hateruma: 中 (naga) (tone class A)

      Hatoma: 中 (naka) (tone class A)

      Ishigaki: 中 (naka) (tone class A)

    • Yonaguni: 中 (naga) (tone class C)