🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Yonaguni)
わー : waa | define meaning
waa
Definition
Noun
- Pig; swine; hog
Etymology
Cognate to Yoron っわー qwaa; Tokunoshima and Okinawan っわー qwaa; Miyako わー waa and ゔぁー vaa; Yaeyama おー oo "pig"; and Yonaguni わー waa.
Although unrelated to standard Japanese ぶた【豚】 buta "pig; swine; hog", the 1818 Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo island in the Japan Sea, by Herbert John Clifford, records the term boóta (búta) "pig".
意味：ぶた【豚・豕】