Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/əya

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

Etymology

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

*əya

1. one's elders
2. parent

Descendants

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