Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/nisi

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

*nisi

1. west

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 西 (nisi)
  • Japanese: 西 (nishi)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *nisi (“north”)
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 北 (nishi)
    • Kunigami: 北 (nishī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 西 (nishi, “west”)
    • Okinawan: 北 (nishi)
    • Okinoerabu: 北 (nishi)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 西, 北 (nish)
    • Tokunoshima: 北 (nisï)
    • Yoron: 北 (nishi, mishi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 北 (nisï)
    • Yaeyama: 北 (nisï)
    • Yonaguni: 北 (nichi)