沖縄
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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沖 | 縄 |
おき Grade: 4 |
なわ Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi |
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沖繩 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
Compound of Old Japanese elements 沖 (oki, “offshore, at sea”) + 縄 (nawa, “rope”), in reference to the string of islands.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
沖縄 • (okinawa) ←おきなは (okinafa)?
Proper noun edit
沖縄 • (Okinawa) ←おきなは (okinafa)?
- the main island in the Okinawa Islands: Okinawa Island
- 779, Tōdai Wajō Tōsei Den, page 905:
- [...] 十六日發、廿一日戊午、第一第二兩舟同至阿児奈波嶋在多禰島南西第三舟作夜已泊同處十二月六日南風起第一舟著石不動第二舟發向多禰去七日至益救嶋[...]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c. 1300, Heike Monogatari[1], Nagatobon:
- さつまがたとは惣名也、きかいは十二の島なれば、くち五島は日本へ随へり、おく七しまはいまだ我朝に従はずといへり、白石、、あこしき、くろ島、いわうが島、あせ納、あ世波、やくの島とて、ゑらぶ、おきなは、きかいが島といへり
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- a group of islands known as the Okinawa Islands
- the southern-most Japanese prefecture: Okinawa Prefecture
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- 沖縄県 (Okinawaken): Okinawa prefecture
- 沖縄戦 (Okinawa-sen): the Battle of Okinawa
- 沖縄諸島 (Okinawa shotō): the Okinawa archipelago
- 沖縄島 (Okinawajima): Okinawa Island
- 沖縄語 (Okinawago): Okinawan language
References edit
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- Hokama, Shuzen with Nobutsuna Saigō (1972) [c. 1531-1623] Nihon Shisō Taikai 18: Omoro Sōshi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten
- Takeuchi, Rizō (1962) Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, →ISBN.
Kunigami edit
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沖 | 縄 |
Grade: 4 | Grade: 4 |
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沖繩 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
Cognate with Japanese 沖縄 (Okinawa, literally “offshore + rope”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
沖縄 (Fuchinā)
Miyako edit
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沖 | 縄 |
Grade: 4 | Grade: 4 |
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沖繩 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
From Proto-Ryukyuan *okinawa. Cognate with Japanese 沖縄 (Okinawa, literally “offshore + rope”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
沖縄 (Uksïnā)
Derived terms edit
Okinawan edit
Kanji in this term | |
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沖 | 縄 |
うち Grade: 4 |
なー Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi |
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沖繩 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
From Proto-Ryukyuan *okinawa. Cognate with Japanese 沖縄 (Okinawa, literally “offshore + rope”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
沖縄 (Uchinā)
- Okinawa
- 1531-1623, Omoro Sōshi, page 96:
- あがまぶるたたみきよせひやくたてわやりあまみやからおきなわたけててはおもはな しねりやからみしまもりててはおもはな
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms edit
References edit
Yaeyama edit
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沖 | 縄 |
Grade: 4 | Grade: 4 |
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沖繩 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Ryukyuan *okinawa. Cognate with Japanese 沖縄 (Okinawa, literally “offshore + rope”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
沖縄 (Ukïnā)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Assibilation of the above term.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
沖縄 (Usïnā)
Etymology 3 edit
Variant with initial bilabial fricative.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
沖縄 (Fukinā)
- (Kuroshima) Okinawa
Etymology 4 edit
Assibilation of the above term.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
沖縄 (Ushinā)
- (Taketomi) Okinawa
Yonaguni edit
Kanji in this term | |
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沖 | 縄 |
Grade: 4 | Grade: 4 |
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沖繩 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
From Proto-Ryukyuan *okinawa. Cognate with Japanese 沖縄 (Okinawa, literally “offshore + rope”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
沖縄 (Unna)