Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/əya

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

Etymology

From *əyu (“to age, to get old”) +‎ *-a (suffix forming deverbal nouns denoting the resultative object). To age, to get old → an elder/a grown-up (who is a parent/has children).

Noun

*əya

  1. one's elders
  2. parent

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 親 (oya)
    • Japanese: 親 (oya)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *oya
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 親 (uya)
      • Kunigami: 親 (uyā)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 親 (uya)
      • Okinawan: 親 (uya)
      • Okinoerabu: 親 (uyā)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 親 (uya)
      • Tokunoshima: 親 (uya)
      • Yoron: 親 (uya)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 親 (uya)
      • Yaeyama: 親 (uya)
      • Yonaguni: 親 (uya)
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