🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
いぃだ・ゐだ・ゆぃだ【枝】 : yida | define meaning
yida
Pronunciation: [jida]
Definition
Noun
- Branch (of a tree or plant); bough
- きーぬいぃだちーん【木ぬ枝切ん】
kii nu yida chiin
"To prune", "To trim tree branches"
- きーぬいぃだちーん【木ぬ枝切ん】
Etymology
Cognate with Amami: Naze, Okinawa, Miyako, Tarama-Minna and Yaeyama ゆだ yuda; Setouchi (Amami) えな ena; Amami いぇだ yeda and よだ yoda; Kunigami (Nakijin) ゆだー yudaa; Okinawan いぃだ yida; Yonaguni どぅだ duda; and standard Japanese えだ【枝】 eda "(tree) branch; bough", dialectally and historically pronounced [jeda] yeda.
Notes
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Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 枝 |
| Kana | いぃだ ゐだ ゆぃだ |
| New Okinawa Moji | 杖だ |
| Romanization | yida |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [jida] |
意味：えだ【枝】
Categories:
枝
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2026, October 10). いぃだ・ゐだ・ゆぃだ【枝】 : yida | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, October 19, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/986/yida/.