かなさん

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Okinawan

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *kanasi, from Proto-Japonic *kanasi (“emotionally overwhelming”).

Pronunciation

  • (Shuri (common)) IPA(key): (tone class A)
  • (Shuri (samurai)) IPA(key): (tone class A)

Noun

かなさん (kanasan) 

  1. 愛さん: cute; pretty; dear; adorable
    わー　かなしんぐぁ
    wā kanashingwa
    My dear child.
    わったー　たいや　かなしーぐぁー　やさ。
    Wattā taiya kanashīgwā yasa.
    We two people are close friends.
    • Ryūka Zenshū
      しばし　片時も　忘る　間や ないらぬ　かなし 面影と　一期　つれて
      shibashi KATADOKI-mo / WASUru MA-ya neranu / kanashi OMOKAGE-to ICHIGO tsurete
      shibashi kataduki-n / wasiru ma-ya neranu / kanashi umukagi-tu / ichigu tsiriti
      For even a half a second, / there won't be a forgotten time; / with such an adorable face, / lead me for a lifetime.
  2. 愛さん: (Old Okinawan, Middle Okinawan) beautiful
    • 1711, Konkōkenshū:
      おかなしや　愛敬する心なり俗にむさうさともいふ
      Okanasha. Having a dear heart. The commoners also call it muzausa.
  3. 悲さん: (Middle Okinawan) sad
    • Ryūka Zenshū
      よしぢ　よしまらぬ　旅の　空　やれば　かなし　振別れも　すらな　なゆめ
      yoshidji yoshimara-nu / TABI-no SORA yareba / kanashi FUYAKAremo / sura-na nayume
      yushiji yushimara-nu / tabi-nu sura yariba / kanashi fuyakari-n / sura-na nayumi
      To quit doing it, I cannot; / if it's the sky of the journey, / even to diverse from sadness, / I'm unable to do.

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References

  • Miyara, Shinshō (宮良信詳) (2021) うちなーぐち活用辞典 [Dictionary of the Practical Use of Okinawan] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京都): Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo, Gengo Hen'i Kenkyū Ryōiki (国立国語研究所 言語変異研究領域), →DOI, →ISBN, pages 409-410
  • Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局), page 306
  • Okinawa Kogo Daijiten Henshū I'inkai (沖縄古語大辞典編集委員会) (1995) 沖縄古語大辞典 [Dictionary of Archaic Okinawan], Tokyo (東京都): Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店), →ISBN, pages 198-199
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