かなさん

Okinawan

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *kanasi, from Proto-Japonic *kanasi (“emotionally overwhelming”).

Pronunciation

• (Shuri (common)) IPA^(key): [kànásàŋ] (tone class A)
• (Shuri (samurai)) IPA^(key): [kànáɕàŋ] (tone class A)

Noun

かなさん (kanasan) 

1. 愛さん: cute; pretty; dear; adorable

   わー　かなしんぐぁ

   wā kanashingwa

   My dear child.

   わったー　たいや　かなしーぐぁー　やさ。

   Wattā taiya kanashīgwā yasa.

   We two people are close friends.

   • Ryūka Zenshū

     しばし　片時も　忘る　間や ないらぬ　かなし 面影と　一期　つれて

     shibashi KATADOKI-mo / WASUru MA-ya neranu / kanashi OMOKAGE-to ICHIGO tsurete
     shibashi kataduki-n / wasiru ma-ya neranu / kanashi umukagi-tu / ichigu tsiriti

     For even a half a second, / there won't be a forgotten time; / with such an adorable face, / lead me for a lifetime.

2. 愛さん: (Old Okinawan, Middle Okinawan) beautiful
   • Konkō Kenshū

     おかなしや　愛敬する心なり俗にむさうさともいふ

     Okanasha. Having a dear heart. The commoners also call it muzausa.

3. 悲さん: (Middle Okinawan) sad
   • Ryūka Zenshū

     よしぢ　よしまらぬ　旅の　空　やれば　かなし　振別れも　すらな　なゆめ

     yoshidji yoshimara-nu / TABI-no SORA yareba / kanashi FUYAKAremo / sura-na nayume
     yushiji yushimara-nu / tabi-nu sura yariba / kanashi fuyakari-n / sura-na nayumi

     To quit doing it, I cannot; / if it's the sky of the journey, / even to diverse from sadness, / I'm unable to do.

Synonyms

• ふっちゃぎさん (futchagisan)
• んじょーさん (njōsan)
• うじらーさん (ujirāsan)
• うじらーしぎさん (ujirāshigisan)

See also

• がなしー (-ganashī)

References

• Miyara, Shinshō (宮良信詳) (2021) うちなーぐち活用辞典 [Dictionary of the Practical Use of Okinawan] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京都): Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo, Gengo Hen'i Kenkyū Ryōiki (国立国語研究所 言語変異研究領域), →DOI, →ISBN, pages 409-410

• Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局), page 306
• Okinawa Kogo Daijiten Henshū I'inkai (沖縄古語大辞典編集委員会) (1995) 沖縄古語大辞典 [Dictionary of Archaic Okinawan], Tokyo (東京都): Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店), →ISBN, pages 198-199