Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/asa

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 *asa (“morning”).

Noun

*asa

  1. morning
    Synonym: *sutomete

Descendants

Now used as an affix in the modern descendants.

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 朝 (asa)
    • Kunigami: 朝 (hasā)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 朝 (asa)
    • Okinawan: 朝 (asa)
    • Okinoerabu: 朝 (asa)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 朝 (asa)
    • Tokunoshima: 朝 (asa)
    • Yoron: 朝 (asa)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 朝 (asa)
    • Yaeyama: 朝 (asa)
    • Yonaguni: 朝 (asa)

References

  • Hirayama (1986:28)
  • Iwakura (1941:5)
  • Jarosz (2015:43)
  • Pellard (2017:60-61)
  • Uchima (1985:167)
  • Uwano (2005:10)
  • Uwano (2014:167)
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