Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/nisi

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

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *nisi (“west”). The Ryukyuan term for "west" is *iri, from *ir- (“to enter”).

Noun

*nisi

1. north

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 北 (nishi)
  • Kunigami: 北 (nishī)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 北 (nishi)
  • Okinawan: 北 (nishi)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 北 (nishi)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 北 (nish)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 北 (nisi)
  • Yoron: 北 (nishi)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 北 (nisï)
  • Yaeyama: 北 (nisï)
  • Yonaguni: 北 (nichi)