沖縄口

Miyako

Kanji in this term
沖 縄 口
Grade: 4 Grade: 4 Grade: 1
Alternative spellings
沖繩口 (kyūjitai)
沖縄言

Etymology

沖縄 (Uksïnā, “Okinawa”) +‎ 口 (-futsï, “speech; language; dialect; accent”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ukˢɨnaːfu̻t͡ss̩/

Noun

沖縄口(うきぃなーふつぃ) (uksïnāfutsï) 

  1. the Okinawan language

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
沖 縄 口
うち
Grade: 4 		なー
Grade: 4 		くち > ぐち
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
沖繩口 (kyūjitai)
沖縄語
うちなあぐち
うちなーぐち
ウチナーグチ

Etymology

Compound of 沖縄 (Uchinā, “Okinawa”) +‎ 口 (-kuchi, “speech; language; dialect; accent”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔut͡ɕinaːɡut͡ɕi/

Noun

沖(うち)縄(なー)口(ぐち) (uchināguchi) 

  1. the Okinawan language
    我(わ)んねー沖縄口(うちなーぐち)話(はな)さりゆん！
    Wannē uchināguchi hanasariyun!
    I can speak Okinawan!

Descendants

  • → Japanese: うちなーぐち (uchināguchi)

References

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