うてぃゆん

Okinawan

Alternative forms

• 落てぃゆん

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *ote-ᴮ (compare Miyako うてぃい゚ (/⁠utiɿ⁠/), Yaeyama うてぃるん (/⁠utiruɴ⁠/), Yonaguni うてぃるん (/⁠utiruɴ⁠/)), from Proto-Japonic *ə̀təi-. Cognate with Japanese 落ちる (ochiru).

Verb

うてぃゆん (utiyun) 

1. to fall