Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kesa

Etymology
The second mora must have been a contraction of. The alternative reconstruction also proposes monopthongization of +.

A semantic shift 'a while ago' had also occurred in the Niigata and Nagasaki (/kesu/) dialects of Japanese.

Pronunciation

 * Accent class: 2.4a

Noun

 * 1) this morning