Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/katana

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 *katana (“knife”).

Pronunciation

  • Tone class: C

Noun

*katana

  1. knife

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan: 카다나 (/⁠kʰa.ta.na⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kikai: 刀 (hatana)
    • Kunigami: 刀 (hatāna)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 刀 (xaθana)
    • Okinawan: 刀 (katana)
    • Okinoerabu: 刀 (hatana)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 刀 (xatna)
    • Tokunoshima: 刀 (katana)
    • Yoron: 刀 (hatana)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 刀 (katana)
    • Yaeyama: 刀 (katana)
    • Yonaguni: 刀 (katana)
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