🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)
そーりむやー : soorimuyaa | define meaning
soorimuyaa
Pronunciation: [soːɾimujaː]
Definition
Noun
- Newt
- (Especially) Sword-tailed newt (sp. Cynops ensicauda)
Etymology
Cognate with Okinawan (Shuri) そーじむやー soojimuyaa "newt".
Notes
Kunigami (Benoki)
野原 三義. (1983) 沖縄県国頭村辺野喜方言の助詞. 法政大学沖縄文化研究所. https://doi.org/10.15002/00012725, https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/223199778.pdf, http://hdl.handle.net/10114/12057
意味：いもり・イモリ【井守・蠑螈】、しりけんいもり・シリケンイモリ【尻剣井守】