🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)
よーかー : yookaa | define meaning
yookaa
Pronunciation: [joːkaː]
Definition
Particle
- More than; greater than; rather than
- ふゆよーかーなちやあちはぬ【冬よーかー夏や暑はぬ】
fuyu yookaa nachi ya achihanu
"summer is hotter than winter"
- ふゆよーかーなちやあちはぬ【冬よーかー夏や暑はぬ】
- From; beginning from; starting from
Etymology
Cognate with Kagoshima よっか yokka and よか yoka; Koshikijima よきゃあ yokyaa and ゆうきゃあ yuukyaa; Koshikijima and northern Tanegashima よいか yoika; Kunigami (Benoki) よーかー yookaa; Okinawan (Shuri) やか yaka and ゆか yuka; and standard Japanese より yori and よりか yorika.
意味：（助詞）より、よりか