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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/asa

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

Etymology

Related to an *as- root cognate with *asita (“tomorrow”) and Old Japanese 明日 (asu, “tomorrow”). Compare also modern Japanese 浅い (asai, “shallow”).

Noun

*asa

  1. morning
    Synonym: *tuto

Descendants
  • Old Japanese: 朝 (asa)
    • Japanese: 朝 (asa)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *asa (used as an affix in the modern descendants)
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 朝 (asa)
      • Kunigami: 朝 (hasā)
      • Northern Amami-Oshima: 朝 (asa)
      • Okinawan: 朝 (asa)
      • Oki-No-Erabu: 朝 (asa)
      • Southern Amami-Oshima: 朝 (asa)
      • Toku-No-Shima: 朝 (ashā)
      • Yoron: 朝 (asa)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 朝 (asa)
      • Yaeyama: 朝 (asa)
      • Yonaguni: 朝 (asa)

Further reading
  • Pellard (2017) p. 60-61
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