いちゃ

Okinawan

Noun

いちゃ

1. (Middle Okinawan, hapax) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. a god's name
   • Nantō Kayō

     いちゃやもーい／くらやもーい／いちゃが　かみ／いちゃが　くに／うったみる

     ichayamōi/kurayamōi/ichaga kami/ichaga kuni/uttamiru

     The shrine for Icha, / The shrine for Kura, / The god of Icha, / The land of Icha, / ??? and look.

     Note: The translation is extremely tentative. Many of the words' meaning were unknown in the dictionary. もーい similarly appears in しゅいもーい (shuimōi), a variant of Middle Okinawan しょりもり (Shorimori, a shrine in Shuri Gusuku).

Derived terms

• いちゃやもーい (ichayamōi, unknown; name of a shrine?)

References

• Okinawa Kogo Daijiten Henshū I'inkai (沖縄古語大辞典編集委員会) (1995) 沖縄古語大辞典 [Dictionary of Archaic Okinawan], Tokyo (東京都): Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店), →ISBN, page 71