Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kessa
Proto-Ryukyuan
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Japonic *kesa (“this morning”), with irregular gemination of the second consonant.
A semantic shift 'a while ago' had also occurred in the Niigata and Nagasaki (/kesu/) dialects of Japanese.
Pronunciation
edit- Tone class: C
Noun
edit*kessa
Descendants
edit- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Southern Ryukyuan: