🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa, Yamatu)
なんくるないさ : nankuru nai sa | define meaning
nankuru nai sa
Pronunciation: [naŋ̍kuɾunaisa]
Definition
Expression
- Everything will be all right; it will all work out one way or another; everything will work itself out
Etymology
From なんくる nankuru "naturally", ない【為い】 nai "to become, to be", and the emphatic particle さ sa.
Notes
Variant:
なんくるなゆさ nankuru nayu sa
The expression is sometimes incorrectly given the kanji 【難来る無いさ】 and translated as "hardships will not come" in English. This spelling and translation are erroneous for the following reasons:
- 難 nan only appears in Sinitic compounds in Okinawan; it is not used alone.
- 無い nai is a Japanese word; the Okinawan reflexes are ねーん neen and ねーらん neeran.
- 来る kuru is a Japanese word; the Okinawan reflex is ちゅーん chuun.
Given these reasons and the extremely close shape of the Japanese counterpart expression, なんとかなる【何とか成る・何とか為る】 nan toka naru, these Kanji are rejected.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kana | なんくるないさ |
| Romanization | nankuru nai sa |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [naŋ̍kuɾunaisa] |
意味:なんとかなるよ【何とかなるよ・何とか成るよ・何とか為るよ】なんとかなるさ【何とかなるさ・何とか成るさ・何とか為るさ】、どうにかなるよ【どうにか成るよ】、どうにかなるさ【どうにか成るさ】