Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yasu

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 *yasu (“easy”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: B

Adjective

*yasu

1. easy

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 安さい (yassai)
  • Kunigami: 安しぇん (yasshen /⁠jáꞯ̂ɕèɴ⁠/)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 安さり (yassari)
  • Okinawan: 安さん (yassan /⁠jàꞯsàɴ⁠/)
  • Okinoerabu: 安さん (yasan /⁠jàsàɴ⁠/)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 安さむっ (yassam /⁠jàꞯsàm̩⁠/)
  • Tokunoshima: 安さん (yasai /⁠jàsàɪ̀⁠/)
  • Yoron: 安さん (yassan /⁠jáꞯ̂sàɴ⁠/)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 安 (yasï)
  • Yaeyama: 安さーん (yassān /⁠jáꞯsáɴ⁠/)
  • Yonaguni: 安つぁん (dattsan /⁠dàꞯtsâɴ⁠/)