🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
っゑんださん・うぇんださん : qwendasan · 'wendasan | define meaning
qwendasan · 'wendasan
Pronunciation: [ʔwen̩dasaŋ̍]
Definition
Sha-Adjective
- Gentle; docile; obedient; well-behaved
Etymology
Cognate with Tokunoshima (Isen) っわーんざはり qwaanzahari; Tokunoshima (Asama) っゑんじゃーはい qwenjaahai; Kunigami (Kin) ゑんだらーん wendaraan; Okinawan っゑんださん qwendasan and っゑんらさん qwenrasan; Yaeyama (Hatoma) わんだーっさん wandaassan "gentle".
Possibly related to standard Japanese おやらしい【親らしい】 oyarashii "parent-like", Middle Japanese おだいし【穏いし】 odaishi and おだし【穏し】 odashi "calm", or Japanese おんわらしい【温和らしい】 on'wa-rashii "seemingly gentle".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- The Okinawan Language (A Synchronic Description) (1963), by Owen Robert Loveless, records "ʔweŋdasa, gentleness".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kana | っゑんださん うぇんださん |
| New Okinawa Moji | 朗んださん |
| Romanization | qwendasan ʔwendasan 'wendasan |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ʔwen̩dasaŋ̍] |
意味：おとなしい【大人しい・温和しい】、やさしい【優しい】、にゅうわである【柔和】
っゑんださん
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, January 26). っゑんださん・うぇんださん : qwendasan · 'wendasan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, March 25, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/6817/qwendasan-'wendasan/.