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

one's elders
parent

Descendants

Old Japanese: 親 (oya)
- Japanese: 親 (oya)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *oya
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 親 (uya)
  - Kunigami: 親 (uyā)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 親 (uya)
  - Okinawan: 親 (uya)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 親 (uyā)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 親 (uya)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 親 (uya)
  - Yoron: 親 (uya)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 親 (uya)
  - Yaeyama: 親 (uya)
  - Yonaguni: 親 (uya)

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