Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/n-anu-

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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

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Alternative reconstructions

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Pronoun

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*n-anu-[1]

  1. what

Descendants

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  • Eastern Old Japanese: (an-)
  • Old Japanese: (nani)
    • Japanese: (nani)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *nao
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: ()
      • Kunigami: ()
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: ()
      • Okinawan: ()
      • Okinoerabu: ()
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: ()
      • Tokunoshima: (nu)
      • Yoron: ()
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (nau, nō)
      • Yaeyama: ()
      • Yonaguni: ()

References

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  1. ^ Vovin, Alexander (2010) Koreo-Japonica: A Re-Evaluation of a Common Genetic Origin, University of Hawai’i Press, →ISBN, →JSTOR, page 67