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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kanasi

This Proto-Ryukyuan entry contains reconstructed words 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *kanasi (“beloved, dear”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kanasi/

Adjective

*kanasi

  1. beloved, dear

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 悲しゃい (はなしゃい, hanashai)
    • Kunigami: 悲ーせん (はなーせん, hanāsen)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 悲しゃり (か゚なしゃり, xanashari)
    • Okinawan: 悲しゃん (かなしゃん, kanashan)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 悲しゃん (はなしゃん, hanashan)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 悲しゃむっ (かなしゃむっ, kanasham)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 悲しゃい (かなしゃい, kanashai)
    • Yoron: 悲しゃん (はなしゃん, hanashan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 悲す (かなす, kanasu)
    • Yaeyama: 悲さ (かなさ, kanasa), 愛しぃ (かなしぃ, kanasï)
    • Yonaguni: 悲さん (かなさん, kanasan)
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