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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
  1. “やす・い 【安・易】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) ‎ (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.)
  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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