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)