Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kessa
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Proto-Ryukyuan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Japonic *kesa (“this morning”), with irregular gemination of the second consonant.
A semantic shift 'a while ago' had also occurred in the Niigata and Nagasaki (/kesu/) dialects of Japanese.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Tone class: C
Noun[edit]
*kessa
Descendants[edit]
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Southern Ryukyuan: