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

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)