Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/minato

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 *minato (“sluice, port”).

Noun

*minato

sluice
port
Synonym: *tomari

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 港, 湊, 水門 (minatu)
- Kunigami: 港, 湊, 水門 (nātu)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 港, 湊, 水門 (myāθo)
- Okinawan: 港, 湊, 水門 (nnatu)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 港, 湊, 水門 (mïnyāto)
- Yoron: 港, 湊, 水門 (minatu)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 港, 湊, 水門 (mnatu)
- Yaeyama: 港, 湊, 水門 (minatu)
- Yonaguni: 港, 湊, 水門 (nnatu)

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