がーじゃん

Yoron

Alternative forms

• がじゃん (gajan)

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *gazyan.

Pronunciation

• (Mugiya Higashi-ku) IPA^(key): [ɡàːꜛdʑáɴ] (tone class B)

Noun

がーじゃん (gājan) 

1. a mosquito

   がーじゃんぬくいくち

   gājannu kuikuchi

   I have a red bruise after I was bitten by a mosquito.

Derived terms

• がーじゃんがま (gājangama, “a insect that looks like a mosquito”)
• がーじゃんぬくゎー (gājannukwā, “maggot”)
• やまがーじゃん (yamagājan, “Anopheles”)

References

• Kiku, Chiyo, Takahashi, Toshizō (2005) 与論方言辞典 [Yoron Dialect Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Musashinoshoin, page 137