Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/nanka

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

Adjective

*nanka

1. long (both spatial and temporal)

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 長 (naga)
  • Japanese: 長い, 永い (nagai)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *naga
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 長ーさい, 永ーさい (nagāsai, nāsai)
    • Kunigami: 長ーせん, 永ーせん (nagāsen)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 長さり, 永さり (nagasari)
    • Okinawan: 長さん, 永さん (nagasan)
    • Okinoerabu: 長さん, 永さん (nagasan)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 長ーさむっ, 永ーさむっ (nagasam)
    • Tokunoshima: 長あい, 永あい (nagaai)
    • Yoron: 長さん, 永さん (nagasan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 長, 永 (naga)
    • Yaeyama: 長ーさん, 永ーさん (nāsan)
    • Yonaguni: 長ーん, 永ーん (nān)