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

Pronunciation

  • Accent class: LL-

Adjective

*yasu

  1. easy

Descendants

  • 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/)

References

  1. ^ “やす・い 【安・易】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  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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