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いぇーやまぴとぅ【八重山人】 : yeeyamapitu | define meaning

yeeyamapitu

Definition

Noun

People who inhabit the Yaeyama Islands located south of the Okinawa Islands; Yaeyamans

Etymology

From やえやま【八重山】 yaeyama, the official designation of the Yaeyama Islands, and ぴとぅ【人】 pitu, the Okinawan word for people.

Notes

Variants:

いぇーまんちゅ yeemanchu "Yaeyamans".

Spelling

Orthography	Form
Kanji	八重山人
Kana	いぇーやまぴとぅ
New Okinawa Moji	殺ーやまぴ婢
Romanization	yeeyamapitu

意味：やえやまじん【八重山人】、やえやまのひと【八重山の人】

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People

八重山人

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, April 25). いぇーやまぴとぅ【八重山人】 : yeeyamapitu | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 14, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/25/yeeyamapitu/.