Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/atarasi

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 *atarasi (“regrettable, precious”).

Adjective

*atarasi

  1. regrettable, precious

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: あたらさい (aθarasai)
    • Kunigami: はたーらせん (hatārasen)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: あたらしゃり (aθarashari)
    • Okinawan: あたらしゃん (atarashan)
    • Okinoerabu: あたらしゃん (aθarashan)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: あたらしゃㇺ (aθarasham)
    • Tokunoshima: あたらん (aθaran)
    • Yoron: あたらしゃん (atarashan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: あたらかかい゚ (atarakakaɿ) (< *ataraka-kari)
    • Yaeyama: あたらさーん (atarasān)
    • Yonaguni: あたらん (ataran)
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