Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kanasi

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kanasi/

Adjective

*kanasi

beloved, dear

Descendants

Old Japanese: 悲し (kanasi, “emotionally overwhelming: dear, beloved, sad”)
- Japanese: 悲しい (kanashii, “sad”)
Ryukyuan: *kanasi
- 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)