JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database
Results from JLect’s Japonic Languages and Dialects Database, created by Zachary Read, © JLect.com.
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Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
おー・おお
(Noun) Pig, swine, hog
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hateruma)
っふぃ【冬】
(Noun) Winter
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
ふい【冬】
(Noun) Winter
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Miyara)
いに【稲】
(Noun) Rice plant
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
むい【麦】
(Noun) Wheat, barley
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
んぎ
(Noun) Thorn, splinter
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Ishigaki)
のー【何】
(Expression) What
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
ぬん【蚤】
(Noun) Flea
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
ぱい【骭・脛】
(Noun) Leg, foot
Ryukyu (Okinawa, Miyako: Hisamatsu, Yaeyama)
ざん
(Noun) Dugong (Dugong dugon)
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
あーふぁ【祖母】
(Noun) Grandmother, grandma, granny
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
あーま
(Noun) Big sister, older sister
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
あーや
(Noun) Father, dad
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
あっぱ
(Noun) Mother, mom
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hateruma)
あざん【薊】
(Noun) Thistle
Ryukyu (Yaeyama, Miyako, Tarama-Minna)
ばた【腸】
(Noun) Stomach, belly, abdomen
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
がば
(Noun) Dirt, filth
Ryukyu (Yoron, Miyako, Yaeyama: Ishigaki)
ぱな【花】
(Noun) Flower
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
はな
(Noun) Mold, mould
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
かに
(Noun) Iron
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
きゅー【今日】
(Noun, adverb) Today
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
まや【猫】
(Noun) Cat, wildcat
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
ぺィん【髭・鬚・髯】
(Noun) Mustache, beard, whiskers
Ryukyu (Yaeyama, Miyako, Tarama-Minna, Amami, Yoron, Kunigam...
てぃだ【天道・太陽】
(Noun) Sun, solar
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
やま
(Noun) Spade; plough, plow
Ryukyu (Amami: Naze, Okinawa, Miyako, Tarama-Minna, Yaeyama)
ゆだ【枝】
(Noun) Branch (of a tree, plant, etc.), bough
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
ゆみ【嫁】
(Noun) Wife, bride
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Komi, Yonaguni: Sonai)
ざの
(Noun) Dugong (Dugong dugon)
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Aragusuku)
ざぬ
(Noun) Dugong (Dugong dugon)
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
あぶる
(Noun) Traditional non-folding hand fan, uchiwa fan
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
ばーき
(Noun) Basket
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
でえじ・でーじ
(Adjective) Amazing, wonderful, great
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hatoma)
がざん
(Noun) Mosquito
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
いらき【鱗】
(Noun) Scale (of a fish or reptile); dandruff
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Taketomi)
いれェん【刺・棘・蕁】
(Noun) Jellyfish, medusa, nettlefish
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
いさき【石垣】
(Name) Ishigaki, Ishigaki Island
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
いつィ
(Noun) Fish
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
かいな【腕】
(Noun) Arm
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Taketomi)
かじゃん
(Noun) Mosquito
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
こーま
(Noun) Eggs, egg
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
こーま【独楽】
(Noun) Spinning top
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
まーす【真塩】
(Noun) Salt
Ryukyu (Kunigami: Sesoko, Okinawa, Iriomote, Yaeyama)
まやー・まやあ【猫】
(Noun) Cat, felidae, felis catus, Iriomote cat, wildcat
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
むれィ【森】
(Noun) Forest
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
ねーら【右】
(Noun) Right, right side
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
さこー
(Noun) Cough
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
しじゃ
(Noun) Older brother, brother
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
せィま【島】
(Noun) Island
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
せィた
(Noun) Tongue
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
たぺィ【旅】
(Noun) Travel, trip, voyage, journey, tour
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
やーさ
(Noun) Hunger
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hateruma)
やし【椰子】
(Noun) Palm tree
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
ゆけィ【雪】
(Noun) Hail; snow
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
あぶち
(Noun) Grandfather, grandpa, grandad; elderly man, old man
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hateruma)
ばーるん【笑ん・笑るん】
(Verb) To laugh, to smile
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hatoma)
だいぱー
(Noun) Mortar (for grinding rice)
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
がーけィ
(Noun) Sickle
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hateruma)
がんざん
(Noun) Mosquito
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
ぐんぼー
(Noun) Illegitimate child
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
ぐすく【御塞】
(Noun) Stone wall
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
はぴら
(Noun) Butterfly
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
はぴる
(Noun) Butterfly
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
ひーまー
(Noun) Great-great-grandchild
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
ほっぱー
(Noun) Vine
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Iriomote)
いりじん【入り墨・入墨】
(Noun) Tattoo
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
じょんけィ【定規・定木】
(Noun) Ruler (for measuring)
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
くもり
(Noun) Pond
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
くむす【小虫】
(Noun) Cockroach
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
まーさん・まあさん【旨さん・美味さん・甘さん・上手さん・巧さん】
(Sa-Adjective) Delicious, tasty
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kuroshima)
みーっす【耳屎・耳糞】
(Noun) Earwax
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
なべら
(Noun) Luffa, loofah, sponge cucumber
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
ねーれィ【右】
(Noun) Right, right side
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hatoma)
ぱびる
(Noun) Butterfly
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
ぱぴる
(Noun) Butterfly
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
ぴーさー
(Noun) Blue rock thrush (bird)
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
ぽーけィ【箒・帚】
(Noun) Broom, sweep, broomstick
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hatoma)
たいし
(Noun) Strawberry, wild strawberry
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Taketomi)
てーどぅん【竹富】
(Noun) Taketomi
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
つィさ【頬】
(Noun) Cheek, cheeks; face
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
やまた
(Noun) Cockroach
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
ゆのーん【与那国】
(Noun) Yonaguni, Yonaguni Island
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
どぅーしー【雑炊】
(Noun) Okinawan dish consisting of rice boiled in water mixed in with pork, kelp and other vegetables; rice porridge, rice gruel, congee
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
いりむてぃ【西表】
(Noun) Iriomote
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
くんがに【黄金】
(Noun) Gold
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Taketomi)
くぬむん
(Verb) To plan
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
にっきり【鋸】
(Noun) Saw, hand saw, nokogiri
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hateruma)
ぱぴぅる
(Noun) Butterfly
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hateruma)
ぺィみざ
(Noun) Goat
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
ぽっつぁー【包丁・庖丁】
(Noun) Kitchen knife
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
さくほー【百姓】
(Noun) Farmer
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Taketomi)
しょんげェ【生姜・生薑・薑】
(Noun) Ginger (Zingiber officinale)
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
うふかじ【大風】
(Noun) Typhoon, tropical cyclone, hurricane
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
ゆんぐり【汚り】
(Noun) Dirt, filth, stain
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
ゆんたく
(Noun) Get-together, group dicussion, talk, chat, discussion
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
ばかむぬ【若者】
(Noun) Young people, youth, the young generation
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Iriomote)
いりむてぃー【西表】
(Noun) Iriomote
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hatoma)
まーらすん
(Verb) To die, to perish, to pass away
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
にいふぁいゆ・にーふぁいゆ
(Expression) Thank you, thanks
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
しかんだ
(Verb) To be surprised, to be astonished, to be baffled
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Taketomi)
てーしゃーん
(Noun) Strawberry, wild strawberry
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Taketomi)
てーしぇーん
(Noun) Strawberry, wild strawberry
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
つィぶる【頭】
(Noun) Head
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
つィぶる【頭】
(Noun) Head
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
あこーぺィー【欠伸】
(Noun) Yawn, yawning
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Ishigaki)
あますくる
(Noun) Head
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
ばがけーら
(Noun) Fellow, compatriot, associate
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Ishigaki)
いれィむてぃー【西表】
(Noun) Iriomote
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hateruma)
いさっすぃま【石垣島】
(Name) Ishigaki Island
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
みいふぁいゆう・みーふぁいゆー
(Expression) Thank you, thanks
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
おーりとーり・おおりとおり
(Expression) Welcome
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
せぃるあかい
(Noun) Tadpole
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
つィぶれィ【頭】
(Noun) Head
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
やいまむに【八重山むに・八重山物言】
(Noun) Yaeyama language, Yaeyama dialect
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hateruma)
ざんぬゆ
(Noun) Dugong (Dugong dugon)
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
あっぱりしゃん【天晴りしゃん】
(Adjective) Pretty, beautiful, charming, lovely
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
くよーなーら・くよおなあら
(Expression) Hello, hi, hey
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
みーまんつィ
(Noun) Rainbow
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
わーつィけィ
(Noun) Weather
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hateruma)
あばりしゃはん【天晴りしゃはん】
(Sa-adjective) Pretty, beautiful, charming, lovely
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hatoma)
あうたぬっふぁ
(Noun) Tadpole
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hateruma)
みんぬたる【耳ぬたる】
(Noun) Earlobe
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)
みんつィかみ【水瓶・水甕】
(Noun) Water jug
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
おーりたぼーり
(Expression) Welcome, greetings (in a store, etc.)
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Taketomi)
てーどぅんむに【竹富物言・竹富むに】
(Noun) Taketomi dialect
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Taketomi)
げェしけェてェ
(Noun) Praying mantis
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
にふたーはーぬ
(Adjective) Sleepy, tired, drowsy, dozy
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
そけーみしゃーん
(Expression) Thank you for the meal; Let's eat!
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Taketomi)
いェねェんごーるん
(Verb) To be turbid, to be muddy, to be murky, to be cloudy, to be unclear; to be unclear, to be inaudible, to not be discernable
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
たぼーらるなーら
(Expression) Thank you for the meal; Let's eat!
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
みしゃろるんねーらー
(Expression) Good morning, good day, hello
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hateruma)
ふふぁはん・っふぁはん【暗はん】
(Sa-Adjective) Dark, sombre, gloomy, grim
Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Taketomi)
げェしけェてェ〜
(Noun) Praying mantis
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
すとぅむでぃみしゃろるんねーらー
(Adjectival phrase) Good morning
Ryukyu (Yaeyama)
よーんなりすんが・よーんなりすが
(Expression) Good evening