かんじゅやー : kanjuyaa | define meaning

From かんじゅい kanjui "kingfisher" and the diminutive suffix あー -aa.

Cognate with:

• Amami
  • Amami (Amami city) かんじょり kanjori;
  • Amami (Amami city: Naze) かんじり kanjiri;
  • Amami (Sukomo) かんどぅり kanduri;
  • Amami (Chinoura, Ankyaba) かﾑどぅり kamduri;
  • Amami (Oshikaku) かﾑどぅり kamdur(i);
  • Amami (Kedomi) かﾑどぅーり kamduur(i);
  • Amami (Saneku) かﾑどぅーﾘ kamduur;
  • Amami (Doren, Sachiyuki, Shodon) かﾑどぅﾘ kamdur;
  • Amami (Shiba) かめィどぅﾘ kamïdur;
  • Amami (Seso) かみじょり kamijori;
  • Amami (Sedake, Nishiamuro, Yoroshima) かﾑじょり kamjori;
  • Amami (Takena, Nishiamuro) かﾑじょーり kamjoori;
  • Amami (Ukeamuro) かﾑじょる kamjor(u);
  • Amami (Ikero) かﾑどぅﾘっぐゎ kamdurggwa;
• Tokunoshima
  • Tokunoshima (Kedoku, Kinen) かんじゅら kanjura;
  • Tokunoshima (Yonama, Matsubara) かんじゅーら kanjuura;
  • Tokunoshima (Omonawa) かんじょーら kanjoora;
  • Tokunoshima (Isen, Higashi-Metegu) かんちじゅりゃ kanchijurya;
  • Tokunoshima (Asan) かんちる kanchiru;
  • Tokunoshima (Asama) かんぎゅら kangyura;
  • Tokunoshima (Asama, Hetono) かんぎゅーら kangyuura;
  • Tokunoshima (Tete) がんづや gandzuya;
  • Tokunoshima (Kanami) がんじゅや ganjuya;
• Okinawan
  • Okinawan (Naha, Shuri, Yomitan) かんじゅやー kanjuyaa, かんじゃー kanjaa, かんじゅい kanjui, かんじゅー kanjuu, かんじゅ kanju;
  • Okinawan (Yomitan: Senaha) かんすい kansui, じゅーさー juusaa, ちんじゅい chinjui;
  • Okinawan (Yomitan: Kina) かんすやー kansuyaa;
  • Okinawan (Yomitan: Takachiho) がんたー gantaa;
  • Okinawan (Yomitan: Iramina) ちじゅやー chijuyaa;
  • Okinawan (Yomitan: Oki) ちんじゅやー chinjuyaa;
  • Okinawan (Yomitan: Owan) とぅんじゅやー tunjuyaa;
• Miyako (Ikema) かんとぅどぅい kantudui "Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops sp.)";

Reconstructions:

• Mitsuyoshi Nohara mentions that folk etymology suggests a compound of *kami "god, deity, spirit" and *tori "bird".
• In the context of Ikema, Nakachi Kunihiro (2024) mentions that *kantu is a local hairstyle worn by men (the term likely originates from *kabuto).