Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/asa

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

Related to an *as- root cognate with *asita (“tomorrow”) and Old Japanese 明日 (asu, “tomorrow”). Compare also modern Japanese 浅い (asai, “shallow”).

Noun

*asa

1. morning

   Synonym: *tuto

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 朝 (asa)
  • Japanese: 朝 (asa)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *asa (used as an affix in the modern descendants)
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 朝 (asa)
    • Kunigami: 朝 (hasā)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 朝 (asa)
    • Okinawan: 朝 (asa)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 朝 (asa)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 朝 (asa)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 朝 (ashā)
    • Yoron: 朝 (asa)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 朝 (asa)
    • Yaeyama: 朝 (asa)
    • Yonaguni: 朝 (asa)

Further reading

• Pellard (2017) p. 60-61