Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/sanpuysi

This Proto-Japonic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Etymology

Derived from verb *sanpu (“to grow wild, desolate, decrepit”, referring to both physical and emotional states), whence also modern Japanese 錆びる (sabiru, “to rust”, intransitive) and Japanese 錆 (sabi, “rust”).[1][2]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is the medial -y- here correct? See Talk.”)

Adjective

*sanpuysi

lonely
sad

Descendants

Old Japanese: 寂し (sabusi)
- Japanese: 寂しい (sabishii)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *sabisi
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kunigami: 寂せん (sabisen)[3]
  - Okinawan: 寂さん (sabisan)[3][4]
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 寂す (sabsu)[3]
  - Yaeyama: 寂っさ (sabissa)

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
“寂し”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
Martin, Samuel E. (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN
“さびさん・さびっさん【淋さん・寂さん】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

[KDJ-1] 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

[DDJS-2] “寂し”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

[JLTT-3] Martin, Samuel E. (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN

[4] “さびさん・さびっさん【淋さん・寂さん】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.