Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/asa
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Proto-Japonic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]*asa
Descendants
[edit]- Old Japanese: 朝 (asa)
- Japanese: 朝 (asa)
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *asa (used as an affix in the modern descendants)