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*karu
light , lightweight
Antonym: *onpo
Old Japanese: 軽 ( karu )
Japanese: 軽い ( karui , Classical form karusi : Heian HHF
, Tokyo 2 [LHL(L)]
, Kyoto 1:3 [LHL(L)]
[ 1] / Modern karui : Tokyo 0 [LHH(H)] = A
, Kyoto 2 [HLL(L)] = A
, Kagoshima A [HLL(L)]
[ 2] )
Proto-Ryukyuan: *karu ( tone class A ) Northern Ryukyuan: *karu, *garuKunigami: 軽しぇん ( gasshen /gáꞯɕèɴ/ ) Northern Amami Ōshima: 軽さり ( garusari ) Okinawan: 軽さん ( kassan, gassan /káꞯsâɴ, gáꞯsâɴ/ ) Okinoerabu: 軽さん ( harusan /hàɾùsâɴ/ ) Southern Amami Ōshima: 軽さむっ ( xarsam /kʰàɾsàm̩/ ) Tokunoshima: 軽はい ( garohai /gàɾòháɪ̀/ ) Yoron: 軽さん ( harusan /hàɾùsàɴ/ ) Southern Ryukyuan:Miyako: 軽ーㇲ゙ ( kāz ) Yaeyama: 軽さーん ( karasān /káɾásàːɴ/ ) Yonaguni: 軽ん ( karan /kàɾáɴ/ )
^ “かる・い 【軽】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo : Shogakukan , 2000-2002, released online 2007 , →ISBN , concise edition entry available here
^ Hirayama, Teruo , editor (1960 ), 全国アクセント辞典 ( Zenkoku Akusento Jiten , “ Nationwide Accent Dictionary ” ) (in Japanese), Tōkyō : Tōkyōdō , →ISBN