Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kanasi

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 *kanasi (“beloved, dear”).

Adjective

*kanasi

1. beloved, dear

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 悲しゃい, 哀しゃい, 愛しゃい (hanashai), 悲さい, 哀さい, 愛さい (hanasai)
  • Kunigami: 悲ーしぇん, 哀ーしぇん, 愛ーしぇん (hanāshen)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 悲しゃり, 哀しゃり, 愛しゃり (xanashari)
  • Okinawan: 悲しゃん, 哀しゃん, 愛しゃん (kanashan), 悲さん, 哀さん, 愛さん (kanasan)
  • Okinoerabu: 悲しゃん, 哀しゃん, 愛しゃん (hanashan)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 悲ーしゃむっ, 哀ーしゃむっ, 愛ーしゃむっ (xanāsham)
  • Tokunoshima: 悲あい, 哀あい, 愛あい (kanaai)
  • Yoron: 悲しゃん, 哀しゃん, 愛しゃん (hanashan, kanashan)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 悲す, 哀す, 愛す (kanasï)
  • Yaeyama: 悲しゃーん, 哀しゃーん, 愛しゃーん (kanasān)
  • Yonaguni: 悲さん, 哀さん, 愛さん (kanasan)