Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kessa

Etymology
From, with irregular gemination of the second consonant.

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

Pronunciation

 * Tone class: C

Noun

 * 1) a while ago

Descendants

 * Northern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan: