🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゅーをぅがなびら【今日拝なびら】 : chuu wuganabira | define meaning

chuu wuganabira

Pronunciation: [t͡ɕuː (ʷ)uɡanabiɾa]

Definition

Expression

(Polite) A greeting or salutation used when meeting someone: "Hello", "Good day"

Etymology

Derived from the Okinawan term ちゅー【今日】 chuu "today", and the polite minzenkei form of the humble verb おがむ【拝む】 ogamu (Okinawan をぅがむん【拝むん】 wugamun or をぅがぬん【拝ぬん】 wuganun), meaning "to worship" or "to see".

Notes

Spelling variant: ちゅーうがなびら chuu uganabira.

Form variant: ちゅーがなびら【今日拝なびら】 chuuganabira.

Spelling

Orthography	Form
Kanji	今日拝なびら
Kana	ちゅーをぅがなびら
New Okinawa Moji	ちゅー歹がなびら
Romanization	chuu wuganabira
Pronunciation (IPA)	[t͡ɕuː (ʷ)uɡanabiɾa]

意味：こんにちは【今日は】

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Categories:

Greeting

今日拝なびら

Tags: Okinawan Language, Uchinaaguchi, Ryukyuan Languages, 沖縄方言, 沖縄語, うちなーぐち, 沖縄口, 琉球方言, 琉球語...

Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). ちゅーをぅがなびら【今日拝なびら】 : chuu wuganabira | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/1328/chuuwuganabira/.