Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/atarasi

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *atarasi (“regrettable, precious”).

Adjective

*atarasi

1. regrettable, precious

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: あたらさい (aθarasai)
  • Kunigami: はたーらせん (hatārasen)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: あたらしゃり (aθarashari)
  • Okinawan: あたらしゃん (atarashan)
  • Okinoerabu: あたらしゃん (aθarashan)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: あたらしゃㇺ (aθarasham)
  • Tokunoshima: あたらん (aθaran)
  • Yoron: あたらしゃん (atarashan)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: あたらかかい゚ (atarakakaɿ) (< *ataraka-kari)
  • Yaeyama: あたらさーん (atarasān)
  • Yonaguni: あたらん (ataran)