Kikai

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Kanji in this term
とぅ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Ryukyuan *tomari, from Proto-Japonic *təmaru, intransitive of *təmu.

Cognate with Japanese 止まる (tomaru).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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(とぅ)まゆい (tumayui

  1. (intransitive) to stop

References

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  • 岩倉市郎 (1941) 喜界島方言集 [Kikai-jima Dialect Collection]‎[1] (in Japanese), 中央公論社, page 152