🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
てぃー【手】 : tii | define meaning
tii
Pronunciation: [tiː]
Definition
Noun
- Hand; arm
Etymology
Cognate with Kagoshima て te and ちぇ che; Amami てぃー tïï; Okinawan てぃー tii; and standard Japanese て【手】 te "hand; arm".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Arm. Teénoo", "Palm of the hand.(lit. belly of the hand). Tee noo wátta", and "Walking hand in hand, as the natives. Teefeécha".
- 沖縄語典 Okinawa goten (Okinawan language dictionary) (1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, records "「てィ」手（テ）".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 手 |
| Kana | てぃー |
| New Okinawa Moji | 廒ー |
| Romanization | tii |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [tiː] |
意味：て【手】、うで【腕】
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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, November 23). てぃー【手】 : tii | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/907/tii/.