だんさん

See also: たんさん and たんざん

Yonaguni

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from *yami-si-, with an original meaning of "dark, gloomy".

Pronunciation

  • (Sonai) IPA(key): [dansaŋ]

Adjective

だんさん (dansan) 

  1. sad

References

  • Hōsei Daigaku Okinawa Bunka Kenkyūjo (法政大学沖縄文化研究所) (1987), “琉球の方言１１巻：八重山・与那国島 [Ryukyuan Dialects 11: Yonaguni-jima, Yaeyama]”, in Ryūkyū no Hōgen (琉球の方言), volume 11, →DOI, pages 01-359
  • Ikema, Nae (池間苗) (2003), 与那国語辞典 [Yonaguni Language Dictionary], Yonaguni: private publication, →OCLC, page 83
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