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ひてぃみてぃ【努みてぃ・勉みてぃ・力みてぃ】

hitimiti

Pronunciation: [çitimiti]

Definition

Noun, adverb

  1. Early morning

Etymology

Cognate to Miyako and Tarama すとぅむてぃ sutumuti "early morning"; Yaeyama すとぅむでぃ sutumudi; and the standard Japanese expression つとめて【努めて・勉めて・力めて】 tsutomete "diligently".

Attested in the Konkoukenshuu (混効験集, 1711), "Words of the Royal Palace", under the spelling すとめて sutomete.

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji努みてぃ
勉みてぃ
力みてぃ
Kanaひてぃみてぃ
New Okinawa Mojiひ廒み廒
Romanizationhitimiti
Pronunciation (IPA)[çitimiti]

意味:そうちょう【早朝】、あさ【朝】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, March 31). ひてぃみてぃ【努みてぃ・勉みてぃ・力みてぃ】 : hitimiti | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, February 15, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/5827/hitimiti/.