Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/paya
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Regarded by some Japanese references as cognate with verb *payu (“to live; to grow”)[1][2], reflected in Old Japanese 生ゆ (payu) and its various modern forms. Compare a similar overlap in senses in English quick.
Adjective
[edit]*paya
Descendants
[edit]- Old Japanese: 早, 速, 疾, 捷 (paya)
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *paya
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 早さい, 速さい, 疾さい, 捷さい (pëësai)
- Kunigami: 早しぇん, 速しぇん, 疾しぇん, 捷しぇん (phēshen)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 早っさり, 速っさり, 疾っさり, 捷っさり (fessari)
- Okinawan: 早さん, 速さん, 疾さん, 捷さん (fēsan)
- Okinoerabu: 早さん, 速さん, 疾さん, 捷さん (hēsan)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 早さむっ, 速さむっ, 疾さむっ, 捷さむっ (fëësam)
- Tokunoshima: 早い, 速い, 疾い, 捷い (fëëi)
- Yoron: 早さん, 速さん, 疾さん, 捷さん (pēsan)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Northern Ryukyuan:
References
[edit]- ^ “生”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006, particularly the はやす reading}}
- ^ “栄・映”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006