Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/atarasi

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *atarasi (“regrettable, precious”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /atarasi/

Adjective

*atarasi

regrettable, precious

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 惜さい, 可惜さい (aθārasai)
- Kunigami: 惜せん, 可惜せん (hathārasen)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 惜しゃり, 可惜しゃり (aθarashari)
- Okinawan: 惜しゃん, 可惜しゃん (atarashan)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 惜しゃん, 可惜しゃん (aθārashan)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 惜しゃむっ, 可惜しゃむっ (aθārasham)
- Toku-No-Shima: 惜しゃい, 可惜しゃい (atarāshai)
- Yoron: 惜さん, 可惜さん (atārasan)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 惜す, 可惜す (atarasu)
- Yaeyama: 惜しぃ, 可惜しぃ (attarasï)
- Yonaguni: 惜さん, 可惜さん (atarasan), 新さん (“new”) (possibly)