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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.
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Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *asita (“tomorrow”).
Noun
*asita
- tomorrow
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan: 阿者 (acha) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
- Kikai: 明日 (acha)
- Kunigami: 明日 (hachā)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 明日 (acha)
- Okinawan: 明日 (acha)
- Okinoerabu: 明日 (nācha)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 明日 (acha)
- Tokunoshima: 明日 (acha)
- Yoron: 明日 (atchā)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 明日 (acha)
- Yaeyama: 明日 (atcha)
- Yonaguni: 明日 (ata)
References
- Curry (2004) p. 258
- Jarosz (2015) p. 52
- Lin (2015) p. 244
- Thorpe (1983) p. 342
- Uwano (2006) p. 36