Proto-Japanese: *sápa
Meaning: 1 bog, marsh 2 to dip; to smear with lacquer
Russian meaning: 1 болото 2 окунать; мазать лаком
Old Japanese: safa 1
Middle Japanese: sáfá 1, safa-s- 2
Tokyo: sawá 1, sawas- 2
Kyoto: sáwà 1
Kagoshima: sáwa 1
Comments: JLTT 520, 748. Modern dialects point unanimously to *sápà, but RJ shows high tone in the 2d syllable. japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-ajp,japet-mjp,japet-tok,japet-kyo,japet-kag,japet-comments,