Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/nə

This Proto-Japonic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nə/

Particle

*nə

nominative and genitive case marker

Usage notes

Japonic had two particles that as functioned as both nominative and genitive case markers, *nə and *-nka. According to Pellard (2018), reflexes of *-nka are typically used after pronouns in the daughter languages and reflexes of *nə are used elsewhere.[1] See the Proto-Ryukyuan entries for more specifics.

Descendants

Old Japanese: の (no₂)
- Japanese: の (no, “(genitive case marker)”)
Ryukyuan: *no
- Northern Ryukyuan: 노 (no) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  - Kikai: ぬ (nu)
  - Kunigami: ぬ (nu)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: ぬ (nu)
  - Okinawan: ぬ (nu)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: ぬ (nu)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: ぬ (nu)
  - Toku-No-Shima: ぬ (nu)
  - Yoron: ぬ (nu)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: ぬ (nu)
  - Yaeyama: ぬ (nu)
  - Yonaguni: ぬ (nu)

References

Pellard, Thomas (2018), “Ryukyuan and the reconstruction of proto-Japanese-Ryukyuan”, in Handbook of Japanese historical linguistics, De Gruyter Mouton.

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[1] Pellard, Thomas (2018), “Ryukyuan and the reconstruction of proto-Japanese-Ryukyuan”, in Handbook of Japanese historical linguistics, De Gruyter Mouton.