Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kesa
Proto-Japonic
editAlternative reconstructions
editEtymology
editThe second mora must have been a contraction of *asa (“morning”). The alternative reconstruction also proposes monopthongization of *ki (“to come”) + *asa (“morning”).
A semantic shift 'a while ago' had also occurred in the Niigata and Nagasaki (/kesu/) dialects of Japanese.
Pronunciation
edit- Accent class: 2.4a
Noun
edit*kesa