Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/əya

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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

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Etymology

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From *əyu (to age, to get old) +‎ *-a (suffix forming deverbal nouns denoting the resultative object). To age, to get old → an elder/a grown-up (who is a parent/has children).

Noun

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*əya

  1. one's elders
  2. parent

Descendants

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  • Old Japanese: (oya)
    • Japanese: (oya)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *oya
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: (uya)
      • Kunigami: (uyā)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (uya)
      • Okinawan: (uya)
      • Okinoerabu: (uyā)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (uya)
      • Tokunoshima: (uya)
      • Yoron: (uya)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (uya)
      • Yaeyama: (uya)
      • Yonaguni: (uya)