🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
かじとぅい【舵取・舵取い・楫取・楫取い】 : kajitui | define meaning
kajitui
Pronunciation: [kad͡ʑitui]
Definition
Noun
- Steering; guiding; guidance
- Helmsman; coxswain
- (Obsolete) Compass
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese かじとり【舵取り・かじ取り・楫取り】 kajitori "steering; helmsman".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
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Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Compass, Kárahigh, or Kássee toóee ‡ The compass was generally called Kassee tooee, which two words signify wind and a cock or fowl; but the landsmen called it Karahigh, which signifies a watch".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 舵取 舵取い 楫取 楫取い |
| Kana | かじとぅい |
| New Okinawa Moji | かじ婢い |
| Romanization | kajitui |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [kad͡ʑitui] |
意味：かじとり【舵取り・かじ取り・楫取り】、そうだしゅ【操舵手】、らしんばん【羅針盤】
Categories:
舵取
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, October 13). かじとぅい【舵取・舵取い・楫取・楫取い】 : kajitui | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/7702/kajitui/.