だんさん

Yonaguni

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from *yami-si-, with an original meaning of "dark, gloomy".

Pronunciation

• (Sonai) IPA^(key): [dansaŋ]

Adjective

だんさん (dansan) 

1. sad

References

• Hōsei Daigaku Okinawa Bunka Kenkyūjo (法政大学沖縄文化研究所) (1987) “琉球の方言１１巻：八重山・与那国島 [Ryukyuan Dialects 11: Yonaguni-jima, Yaeyama]”, in Ryūkyū no Hōgen (琉球の方言), volume 11, →DOI, pages 01-359

• Ikema, Nae (池間苗) (2003) 与那国語辞典 [Yonaguni Language Dictionary], Yonaguni: private publication, →OCLC, page 83