Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/nana

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Proto-Ryukyuan numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: *nana

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *nana (“seven”).

Numeral

*nana

1. seven

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 七 (nana)
  • Kunigami: 七 (nana)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 七 (nana)
  • Okinawan: 七 (nana)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 七 (nana)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 七 (nana)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 七 (nana)
  • Yoron: 七 (nana)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 七 (nana)
  • Yaeyama: 七 (nana)
  • Yonaguni: 七 (nana)