Yoron Language-Dialect Dictionary (definitions and meanings)

うい【瓜】

(Noun) Cucumber; gourd

うん

(Noun) Sweet potato

あぐ

(Noun) Friend, companion

あみ【雨】

(Noun) Rain

どぅー

(Pronoun) Self; oneself; myself; yourself; himself; herself

がん【蟹】

(Noun) Crab

とー【止・止ー】

(Imperative verb) Stop!

うぬ【己ぬ】

(Adnominal Demonstrative) That (thing or person close or familiar the listener)

うぷ

(Noun) Grandfather, grandpa, grandad

うら【己】

(Pronoun) You

うろ

(Pronoun) You

うる

(Noun) Coral, coral reef

あちゃ

(Noun) Father, dad

ばば・ババ

(Noun) Brassy chub (Kyphosus vaigiensis)

ちゃー

(Adverb) Always, constantly

ふが

(Noun) Eggs, egg

ふぎ

(Noun) Sugar cane, sugarcane

ふじゃ【叔父・伯父】

(Noun) Uncle

ふま【此間】

(Deictic Pronoun) Here

ふみ【米】

(Noun) Rice

ふり【之・是り・此り】

(Deictic Pronoun) This, here

はでぃ【風】

(Noun) Wind

はぎ【骭・脛】

(Noun) Leg, foot

ぱな【花】

(Noun) Flower

はに【金】

(Noun) Money

みじ【水】

(Noun) Water

むじ

(Noun) Taro, corm, tuber, dasheen

ぱま【浜】

(Noun) Beach

ぱとぅ【鳩・鴿】

(Noun) Dove, pigeon

ぴる【蒜・葫】

(Noun) Garlic

しゅー【今日】

(Noun, adverb) Today

たふ【蛸・鮹・章魚】

(Noun) Octopus

てぃだ【天道・太陽】

(Noun) Sun, solar

わぬ【我・吾】

(Pronoun) I, me, myself

わた【腸】

(Noun) Stomach, belly, abdomen

やぶ【薮・藪】

(Noun) Woods, forest, thicket

やか【兄】

(Noun) Older brother, big brother

ゆく

(Noun) Lie, lies, falsehood, untruth

あがり【東・上り】

(Noun) East, eastern, eastward

あんまー

(Noun) Mom, mum, mama, mother

まどぅん

(Adverb) Normally, usually, habitually

まさい【旨さい・美味さい・甘さい・上手さい・巧さい】

(Sa-Adjective) Delicious, tasty

にゃま【今】

(Noun, adverb) Now, at the present moment, currently

ぴちゅ【人】

(Noun) People, person

ぷし【星】

(Noun) Star, stars

しゃが

(Noun) Inumaki, Buddhist Pine, Fern Pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

しば

(Noun) Lips

しな【砂】

(Noun) Sand

たまん

(Noun) Emperor (fish), large-eye bream, Lethrinidae

わーが【我が・吾が】

(Pronoun) I, me, myself

わなー【我なー】

(Topicalized pronoun) I, me, myself

をぅいが【男】

(Noun) Man

あーどぅる【赤泥】

(Noun) Red clay, red clay pottery

あばし

(Noun) Porcupinefish, blowfish

あなぐー

(Noun) Giant clam

あんにゃー

(Noun) Big sister, older sister

ちむい【積むい】

(Noun) Intention, conviction, plan; intend on

だふみ

(Noun) Bensasi goatfish, Bar-tailed goatfish, Japanese goatfish (Upeneus japonicus)

ふなぐ【女子】

(Noun) Girl, woman

いじくん

(Expression) Bye, see you later

かんだん【甘藍】

(Noun) Cabbage

くにぶ【九年母】

(Noun) Orange, mandarin, satsuma orange

くにふ【九年母】

(Noun) Orange, mandarin, satsuma orange

むーゆい

(Adjective) To love, to like

みゃんか【猫】

(Noun) Cat, wildcat

なーやー

(Expression) Goodbye

ながみ【長雨・霖】

(Noun) Rainy season

ぱーぱー【祖母】

(Noun) Grandmother, grandma, granny

ぱぴる

(Noun) Butterfly

ぴーさい【冷さい・寒さい】

(Sa-Adjective) Cold, chilly

しゃーぎ

(Noun) Inumaki, Buddhist Pine, Fern Pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

わーちゃ【我達・吾達】

(Pronoun) We, us, ourselves

わらび【童】

(Noun) Child, children, kid

をぅなぐ【女子】

(Noun) Woman, girl

ちぶる【頭】

(Noun) Head; smart person

ちんし

(Noun) Knee

でーくに【大根】

(Noun) Daikon radish, White radish, Japanese radish

ふしく

(Noun) Scalpel sawtail (Prionurus scalprum)

いきむぬ【生き物】

(Noun) Animal, living thing

めーらび

(Noun) Beautiful woman, pretty woman, pretty girl

むれーじ

(Noun) Doubled-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma)

なるかん

(Noun) Japanese squash, Kabocha squash, Japanese pumpkin

しぐとぅ【仕事】

(Noun) Work, job, labour, labor, task

しっかい

(Adverb) Really; a lot

うびがま

(Adverb) Just a little, just a bit

うれーたー【己達】

(Noun) Everyone, everybody

やくげー【夜光貝】

(Noun) Marbled turban, great green turban (Turbo marmoratus)

ちゃーばな【茶ばな・茶碗】

(Noun) Teacup, tea cup

いらぶち

(Noun) Japanese parrotfish (Calotomus japonicus)

きんちる

(Noun) Scalpel sawtail (Prionurus scalprum)

なまから【今から】

(Adverb, noun) From here on, after this, from now, from this point on

ぷくるび

(Noun) Threadsail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer); Clown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum)

わからじ【分からじ・判らじ・解らじ】

(Verb) To not understand, to not know

はみんしゃい

(Sa-adjective) To like, to be fond of

ひとつば

(Noun) Inumaki, Buddhist Pine, Fern Pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

さびちら

(Noun) Butterflyfish

さびちら

(Noun) Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus)

ゆんぬんちゅ【与論人】

(Noun) Yoron person, Yoron people

がんちがでぃ

(Expression) You are welcome; You're welcome; Don't mention it; It was nothing; My pleasure; No problem; No worries

しちみゃん【しち見ゃん】

(Expression) Try it!; Give it a go!; Let's try this!

しゅーぬゆる【今日ぬ夜】

(Noun, adverb) Tonight; this evening

うがみどぅーさ

(Expression) Hello, hi, hey; Nice to see you

ぱじ【筈】

(Noun) Seems, appears, looks, should

っわー・うぁー

(Noun) Pig, swine, hog

っゆー・いゅー・ぃゆー【魚】

(Noun) Fish

とーとぅがなし・とおとぅがなし【尊尊我無・尊々我無・尊加那志】

(Expression) Thank you, thanks; Nice to meet you

うがみやぶら・をぅがみやぶら

(Expression) Hello, hi, hey; Nice to see you

ゆんぬふとぅば【与論言葉】

(Noun) Yoron dialect, Yoronjima dialect

うがみしょーらん・うがみしょうらん

(Expression) Hello, hi, hey; Nice to see you

あひょー・あひょう

(Noun) North Pacific squirrelfish (Sargocentron spinosissimum)

っにゃま・ぅにゃま【今】

(Noun, adverb) Now, at the present moment, currently

ゆしちゃぷくるび

(Noun) Threadsail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer); Titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens)

ひゅーやをぅがみゃーびらん【今日や拝みゃーびらん】

(Expression) Hello, good day

っわーちたばーり

(Expression) Welcome, greetings