Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/nonsi

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

*nonsi

1. rainbow

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 虹 (no₁zi, nuzi, nizi)
  • Japanese: 虹 (niji)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *nozi, *nowozi
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 虹 (niji)
    • ⇒ Kunigami: 天と゚ー虹り (tintōnōjiri) (< *ten-tau-nozi-ri)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 虹 (nōgi)
    • Okinawan: 虹 (nūji)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 虹 (nōgi)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 虹 (noki, nok)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 虹 (nōji)
    • ⇒ Yoron: 虹 (gōnuji)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 虹 (nūzï)
    • Yaeyama: 虹 (nūji)