Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kanasi

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 *kanasi (“beloved, dear”).

Adjective

*kanasi

beloved, dear

Descendants

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:
- Miyako: 悲す, 哀す, 愛す (kanasï)
- Yaeyama: 悲しゃーん, 哀しゃーん, 愛しゃーん (kanasān)
- Yonaguni: 悲さん, 哀さん, 愛さん (kanasan)

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