🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
ゆーとぅい【湯取】 : yuutui | define meaning
yuutui
Pronunciation: [juːtui]
Definition
Noun
- A scoop or bucket used for bailing a boat. Bailer.
Etymology
Cognate with the Middle Japanese Japanese term ゆとり yutori "bailer".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Bailer of a canoe. Yoo-toóee".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 湯取 |
| Kana | ゆーとぅい |
| New Okinawa Moji | ゆー婢い |
| Romanization | yuutui |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [juːtui] |
意味：あかとり【淦取・淦取り】、ゆとり
Categories:
湯取
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, November 9). ゆーとぅい【湯取】 : yuutui | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/7818/yuutui/.