Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kanasi

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.

Appears to be derived from verb *kanu (“to be two things at the same time; to worry about multiple options; to be stuck between options”).

*kanasi

1. emotionally overwhelming
2. dear

• Old Japanese: 悲し (kanasi, “emotionally overwhelming: dear, beloved, sad”)
  • Japanese: 悲しい (kanashii, “sad”)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *kanasi
  • 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)

• Entry at Gogen Yurai Jiten (in Japanese)