🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
いちゃりばちょーでー【行逢りば兄弟】 : ichariba choodee | define meaning
ichariba choodee
Pronunciation: [ʔit͡ɕaɾibat͡ɕoːdeː]
Definition
Expression
- (Proverb) "From the moment we meet, we are like brothers and sisters"; "From the moment we meet, we become family"; "Once together, friends forever"; "Brothers (sisters) by chance"
Etymology
From the conditional form of the verb いちゃゆん・いちゃいん【行逢ん】 ichayun ~ ichain "to meet by chance" and the noun ちょーでー【兄弟】 choodee "brothers and sisters; siblings".
Notes
This Okinawan expression has no direct equivalent in Japanese or in English. Similar English expressions and proverbs might be "We are all connected", "No man is an island", "It takes two to tango", "Brother from another mother", "It takes a heap of living to make a house a home".
意味：一度会ったら皆兄弟、一度会えたら家族のように大切にする
行逢りば兄弟