きかい
See also: きがい
Japanese
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(This term, きかい (kikai), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) |
(The following entry is uncreated: 喜界.)
Okinawan
editEtymology
editVariously recorded in the Omoro Sōshi and Nantō Kayō as ききや, きゝや, きちゃ, きちや, 鬼界, ちちやア、鬼堺, and in the Ryūka as 鬼界.
Further derivation unknown. Compare Northern Amami Ōshima きゃー (kyā).
Proper noun
editきかい
- (Old Okinawan, Middle Okinawan) Kikai-jima
- Ryūka Zenshū
- 大島 七間切 / 鬼界 五間切 / 徳 永良部 与論 / 那覇の地内
- UUSHIMA NANAMAGIRI / KIKAI ITSIMAGIRI / TUKU IRABU YUNNU / NAFA-no JIUCHI
- Oshima 7 magiri, / Kikai, 5 magiri, / Tokunoshima, Erabu, Yoron, / the mainland of Naha
- Ryūka Zenshū
References
edit- 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 223