Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/paya

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Regarded by some Japanese references as cognate with verb *payu (to live; to grow).[1][2] Compare a similar overlap in senses in English quick.

Adjective[edit]

*paya

  1. early, quick

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, particularly the はやす reading}}
  2. ^ 栄・映”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000