Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kessa
Proto-Ryukyuan edit
Etymology edit
From 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: