Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/sanesi

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 *tanosi (“fun”), via an unknown Japonic substratum that had caused lenition of *t- > *s- and caused an ablaut of *-o- > *-e-.

Pronunciation

• Tone class: A

Adjective

*sanesi

1. enjoyable

Reconstruction notes

This word appears to have been lost in all Ryukyuan languages except for Macro-Yaeyama. Proto-Ryukyuan *tanosimi (“to enjoy”) must have been a loan from Japanese.

Descendants

• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Yaeyama: 楽しゃーん (sanishān /⁠sánìɕàːŋ⁠/)
  • Yonaguni: 楽ん (shanan /⁠ɕànáŋ⁠/)