Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/yasu

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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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Pronunciation

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  • Accent class: LL-

Adjective

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*yasu

  1. easy

Descendants

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  • Old Japanese: 安し (yasusi)
    • Japanese: 安い (yasui, (yasusi) Heian LLF (= B),[1] (yasui) Tokyo 2 [LH(L) (= B)], Kyoto 2 [HLL(L) (= B)], Kagoshima B [LH(L)][2])
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *yasu (tone class B)
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Southern Ryukyuan:

References

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  1. ^ やす・い 【安・易】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) Paid subscription required[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
  2. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN