Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tana

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 *tana (“shelf”).

Noun

*tana

1. shelf

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 棚 (tana)
  • Kunigami: 棚 (thanā)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 棚 (θana)
  • Okinawan: 棚 (tana)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 棚 (tana)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 棚 (tana, tanā)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 棚 (tanā)
  • Yoron: 棚 (tana)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 棚 (tana)
  • Yaeyama: 棚 (tana)
  • Yonaguni: 棚 (tana)