Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/yasu

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.

Proto-Japonic edit

Pronunciation edit

Accent class: LL-

Adjective edit

*yasu

easy

Descendants edit

Old Japanese: 安し (yasusi)
- Japanese: 安い (yasui, (yasusi) Heian LLF (= B),^[1] (yasui) Tokyo 2 [LH(L) (= B)], Kyoto 2 [HLL(L) (= B)], Kagoshima B [LH(L)]^[2])
Proto-Ryukyuan: *yasu (tone class B)
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 安さい (yassai)
  - Kunigami: 安せん (yassen /⁠jáꞯ̂sèɴ⁠/)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 安さり (yassari)
  - Okinawan: 安さん (yassan /⁠jàꞯsàɴ⁠/)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 安さん (yasan /⁠jàsàɴ⁠/)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 安さむっ (yassam /⁠jàꞯsàm̩⁠/)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 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/)

References edit

^ “やす・い【安・易】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) ‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

[KDJ2O-1] “やす・い【安・易】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) ‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)

[ZAJ-2] Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

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