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/)
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