Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/sanpusi
Proto-Japonic
editEtymology
editDerived from verb *sanpu (“to grow wild, desolate, decrepit”, referring to both physical and emotional states), whence also modern Japanese 錆びる (sabiru, “to rust”, intransitive) and Japanese 錆 (sabi, “rust”).[1][2]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is the medial -y- here correct? See Talk.”)
Adjective
edit*sanpusi
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ “寂し”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months