Ryukyu (Okinawa)
(Verb) To help, to save, to rescue
Define たすける tasukeru Meaning タスケル
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JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database
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A dictionary of the Ryukyuan language
Results from the 沖縄語辞典 データ集 Okinawago jiten dēta-shū (Okinawan Language Dictionary Data Collection), published by the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, © CC BY 4.0.
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たすける 【助ける】
- tashikiyuN (≈ tashikiiN)
- ʔuyagiyuN (≈ ʔuyagiiN)
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たすける【助ける・援ける・救ける・扶ける・佐ける・佑ける・輔ける】
(Common Ichidan verb, transitive)
- To help; To save; To rescue; To give relief to; To spare (life); To reinforce; To promote; To abet
しょうのむしをころしてだいのむしをたすける【小の虫を殺して大の虫を助ける】
(Expression)
- To sacrifice something small in order to save something great; To lose a leg to save one's life; To kill a small bug and help a large one
— Proverb