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ひてぃみてぃ【努みてぃ・勉みてぃ・力みてぃ】 : hitimiti | define meaning
hitimiti
Pronunciation: [çitimiti]
Definition
Noun, adverb
- Early morning
- ひてぃみてぃむん【努みてぃ物】
hitimiti mun
"Early morning food", "Breakfast"
- ひてぃみてぃむん【努みてぃ物】
Etymology
Cognate with 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".
Historical attestations
- 混効験集 Konkoukenshuu (1711), "Words of the Royal Palace", records "「すとめて」朝の事／和詞にはつとめてと云".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Romanization | hitimiti |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [çitimiti] |
意味：そうちょう【早朝】、あさ【朝】
Categories:
努みてぃ
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2026, June 6). 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 2026, June 22, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/5827/hitimiti/.