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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kanasi
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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
Appears to be derived from verb *kanu (“to be two things at the same time; to worry about multiple options; to be stuck between options”).
Descendants
- Old Japanese: 悲し (kanasi, “emotionally overwhelming: dear, beloved, sad”)
- Japanese: 悲しい (kanashii, “sad”)
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *kanasi
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 悲しゃい, 哀しゃい, 愛しゃい (hanashai), 悲さい, 哀さい, 愛さい (hanasai)
- Kunigami: 悲ーせん, 哀ーせん, 愛ーせん (hanāsen)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 悲しゃり, 哀しゃり, 愛しゃり (xanashari)
- Okinawan: 悲しゃん, 哀しゃん, 愛しゃん (kanashan), 悲さん, 哀さん, 愛さん (kanasan)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 悲しゃん, 哀しゃん, 愛しゃん (hanashan)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 悲ーしゃむっ, 哀ーしゃむっ, 愛ーしゃむっ (xanāsham)
- Toku-No-Shima: 悲あい, 哀あい, 愛あい (kanaai)
- Yoron: 悲しゃん, 哀しゃん, 愛しゃん (hanashan, kanashan)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Northern Ryukyuan:
Further reading
- Entry at Gogen Yurai Jiten (in Japanese)
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