Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/asita

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 *asita (“tomorrow”).

Noun

*asita

1. tomorrow

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 阿者 (acha) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
  • Kikai: 明日 (acha)
  • Kunigami: 明日 (hachā)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 明日 (acha)
  • Okinawan: 明日 (acha)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 明日 (nācha)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 明日 (acha)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 明日 (acha)
  • Yoron: 明日 (atchā)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 明日 (acha)
  • Yaeyama: 明日 (atcha)
  • Yonaguni: 明日 (ata)

References

• Curry (2004) p. 258
• Jarosz (2015) p. 52
• Lin (2015) p. 244
• Thorpe (1983) p. 342
• Uwano (2006) p. 36