Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/sanpusi

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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

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Etymology

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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 (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

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*sanpusi

  1. lonely
  2. sad

Descendants

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  • Old Japanese: 寂し (sabusi)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *sabisi

References

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