Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/asita

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.

This Proto-Japonic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Japonic

Etymology

Related to an *as- root cognate with *asa (“morning”) and Old Japanese 明日 (asu, “tomorrow”).

Noun

*asita

morning (by extension):
1. next morning
2. tomorrow

Descendants

Old Japanese: 明日, 朝 (asita)
- Japanese: 明日, 朝 (ashita)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *asita (“tomorrow”)
- 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)

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