Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/sabisi

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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/sabisi

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 *sanpuysi.

Adjective

*sabisi

1. lonely

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kunigami: 寂せん (sabisen)[1]
  • Okinawan: 寂さん (sabisan)[2][1]
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 寂す (sabsu)[1]
  • Yaeyama: 寂っさ (sabissa)

References

1. Martin, Samuel E. (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN
2. “さびさん・さびっさん【淋さん・寂さん】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.