Tanegashima Language-Dialect Dictionary (definitions and meanings)

どん【共】

(Pronoun) I, me, myself

いら【刺・棘・蕁】

(Noun) Jellyfish, medusa, nettlefish

なえ【地震】

(Noun) Earthquake, tremor; stroke, paralysis, apoplexy

わあ【我・吾】

(Pronoun) You, yourself

べろ

(Noun) Tongue

ちい・ちー【露】

(Noun) Dew

だす

(Noun) Keel-jawed needlefish (Tylosurus acus)

ごま

(Noun) Giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata)

はろ【原】

(Noun) Field, plain

きみ

(Noun) Cricket (Gryllidae)

こぶ【蜘蛛】

(Noun) Large spider

くり

(Noun) At the side of, beside, near, close, on the edge of

みな【蜷・蝸螺】

(Noun) Snail

なま

(Adverb, prefix) Really, very, pretty, so, quite

おじい

(Noun) Husband

さね【種】

(Noun) Seed, seeds, grain

やど【宿・家】

(Noun) Home, house

あいじょー・あいじょお【兄後】

(Noun) Older brother, big brother

あんねー・あんねえ

(Noun) Big sister, older sister

ばきー・ばきい

(Noun) Wife

びんた

(Noun) Head

どし【同士】

(Noun) Friend

けなー【家内】

(Noun) Relative, relatives

きのう

(Noun) Giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata)

めんこ

(Noun) Ghost, apparition

にーか・にいか

(Ka-Adjective) New

ぬし【主】

(Pronoun) You, yourself, him, that guy; husband

おらぶ

(Verb) To shout

あばよー

(Expression) Wow!; What!; No way!; Seriously?; Eh?; Huh?

だくま・ダクマ

(Noun) Freshwater shrimp, freshwater prawn

がじゃぶ

(Noun) Small black fly, gnat; Japanese blackfly (Simulium japonicum)

はわく

(Verb) To sweep, to brush

ひやか【冷か・冷やか】

(Ka-Adjective) Cold, cool

ほこる

(Verb) To get mad, to get angry

ほめく

(Verb) To be hot

ほなく

(Verb) To be hot

ひょっこ

(Noun) Frog

こじき

(Noun) Leprosy

もはみ

(Noun) Japanese parrotfish (Calotomus japonicus)

むじょか

(Ka-Adjective) Cute, pretty, lovely, adorable, darling, precious

ねぎる

(Verb) To get mad, to get angry

ねまる

(Verb) To spoil, to go bad, to rot

にくみ【面皰】

(Noun) Pimple, acne

さんがん

(Noun) Pacific needlefish (Strongylura anastomella); Keel-jawed needlefish (Tylosurus acus)

さりく

(Verb) To walk about, to wander through, to loiter

さるく

(Verb) To walk about, to wander

てもと【手元・手許】

(Noun) Chopsticks

とんみー・とんみい

(Noun) Friend, companion

とっぴー・とっぴい

(Noun) Flying fish

うっさか【煩か】

(Ka-Adjective) Annoying, noisy, irritating, unbearable, importunate

あさとう【朝疾う】

(Adverb) Early morning, early in the morning

だすかん

(Noun) Keel-jawed needlefish (Tylosurus acus)

えーくらー・ええくらあ

(Noun) Drunkard

ええくろう【酔食ろう】

(Verb) To get drunk; to be intoxicated

からいも【唐芋・唐薯】

(Noun) Sweet potato

ながし【流し】

(Noun) Rainy season, wet season; downpour, rainfall

さだち

(Noun) Sudden summer rain

とりいり【鳥射り】

(Noun) Bird shooting, bird hunting, fowling

あーけんぼー

(Noun) Dragonfly, red dragonfly, damselfly, red damselfly

ばんつけ【晩つけ】

(Noun) Evening, night

はえんかぜ【南風・南ん風】

(Noun) South wind, southerly wind, southern wind

まるだす

(Noun) Keel-jawed needlefish (Tylosurus acus)

ながらめ

(Noun) Variously coloured abalone (Haliotis diversicolor)

ららーねん【再来年】

(Noun, adverb) In two years; the year after next year

したし

(Noun) Diaper, nappy

ばんつけー・ばんつけえ【晩つけー・晩つけえ】

(Noun) Evening, night

ごまうなぎ

(Noun) Giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata)

わがたち【我が達・吾が達】

(Pronoun) You (plural), you guys, you all

ちょーらーまー

(Noun) Praying mantis

ごおらしか

(I-Adjective) Pitiful, pitiable, pathetic

ごーらしか・ごおらしか

(Ka-Adjective) Pitiful, pitiable, pathetic

のっちーよー

(Expression) Goodbye, farewell, bye, see you later

ほしきだか

(Noun) Leopard moray eel (Enchelycore pardalis)

やかましか【喧しか】

(Ka-Adjective) Annoying, noisy, irritating, unbearable, importunate

おおぎ・おーぎ・おうぎ

(Noun) Sugar cane, sugarcane

おじゃりもうした【おじゃり申した】

(Expression) Welcome, greetings

たいがーたいがー

(Adjective, adverb) Moderately, in moderation

としのよさ【年のよさ】

(Noun) New Year's Eve

けそう・けそー【今朝】

(Adverb, noun) Morning, this morning

あせぶ・あしぇぶ【汗疹・汗疣】

(Noun) Heat rash, sweat rash, prickly heat, miliaria

おっちゃあ・おっちゃー

(Noun) Male animal, male insect

めっちゃあ・めっちゃー

(Noun) Female animal, female insect

あーけーじょ・あーけーじょー

(Noun) Dragonfly, red dragonfly, damselfly, red damselfly

わがっち【我が達・吾が達】

(Pronoun) You (plural), you guys, you all

ありがとうござりもうした【有難う御座いました】

(Expression) Thank you very much (for ~), thank you (for ~)

おじゃりもうせ・おじゃりもーせ【おじゃり申せ】

(Expression) Welcome, greetings

めっかりもうさん・めっかりもーさん【めっかり申さん】

(Expression) Hello, good day, nice to see you

まためっかりもうそう・まためっかりもーそー

(Expression) See you, see you later, bye

ありがとござりもうした・ありがとござりもーした

(Expression) Thank you, thanks