🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
いじゃい : ijai | define meaning
ijai
Pronunciation: [ʔid͡ʑai]
Definition
Noun
- Night fishing; fishing at night; clam digging at night; night clamming
- Clam digging at low tide; low tide clamming
Etymology
Cognate with Okinawan (Naha, Shuri) いじゃい ijai and Okinawan (Itoman) んじゃい njai "fishing or clam digging at night or at low tide". Also cognate with standard Japanese いさり【漁り】 isari "fishing, clam digging", and its obsolete variant いざり izari.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kana | いじゃい |
| Romanization | ijai |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ʔid͡ʑai] |
意味：よづり【夜釣り・夜釣】、よるのりょう【夜の漁】、やぎよ【夜漁】、よるのしおひがり【夜の潮干狩り】、いさり【漁り】
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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, July 14). いじゃい : ijai | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 6, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/3934/ijai/.