Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/sanpusi

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

Derived from verb *sanpu (“to grow wild, desolate, decrepit”, referring to both physical and emotional states), whence also modern Japanese 錆びる (sabiru, “to rust”, intransitive) and Japanese 錆 (sabi, “rust”).^[1]^[2]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is the medial -y- here correct? See Talk.”)

Adjective

*sanpusi

lonely
sad

Descendants

Old Japanese: 寂し (sabusi)
- Japanese: 寂しい (sabishii)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *sabisi
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kunigami: 寂せん (sabisen)
  - Okinawan: 寂っさん (sabissan)
  - Yoron: 寂さん (sabisan)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 寂す (sabsu)
  - Yaeyama: 寂っさ (sabissa)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ “寂し”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DDJS-2] “寂し”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

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