Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kesa
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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 edit
Alternative reconstructions edit
Etymology edit
The 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