🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
ふぇー【蝿・蠅】 : fee | define meaning
fee
Pronunciation: [ɸeː]
Definition
Noun
- (Insect) Fly, flies
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese はえ【蝿・蠅】 hae "fly".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Fly. Háyeh".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 蝿 蠅 |
| Kana | ふぇー |
| New Okinawa Moji | 戴ー |
| Romanization | fee |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ɸeː] |
意味：はえ【蝿・蠅】
Categories:
蝿
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, December 28). ふぇー【蝿・蠅】 : fee | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, February 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/6499/fee/.