| Word form | hayai |
| Original script | 早い (”early”), 速い (”fast”) |
| LWT meaning(s) | |
| Word meaning | Adjective. “early”, “fast”, now written with two different characters. |
| Analyzability | unanalyzable |
| Age | Old Japanese [21] (710–794) |
| Lexical stratum | wago |
| Year | 万葉集 (after 8th century) |
| Comparison with Korean | Class 2: (K pp seen as ’expressive reinforcement’): K ppalï- < MK spɔlɔ-, spɔ(l)- < *pař(a)-. (77) |
| Register | General |
| Numeric frequency | 337.3 |