🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Yonaguni)
だや : daya | define meaning
daya
Definition
Noun
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Etymology
Cognate to Ishigaki いーざー iizaa "cave" and Taketomi いーやー iiyaa "cave". From Proto-Ryukyuan *iyaya. (Vovin, Alexander. Korea-Japonica: A Re-Evaluation of a Common Genetic Origin. University of Hawaii Press, 2010. Page 41.; citing Thorpe:1983, page 108.) Cognate to standard Japanese いわや【岩屋・石屋・窟】 iwaya "cavern".
意味：かげ【崖】
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