くにごしやん

Okinawan

Etymology

Can be analyzed as くに (kuni, “land”) +‎ ごしやん (goshan, “staff”).

Noun

くにごしやん (kunigoshan)

1. (Old Okinawan) the great staff of the land
   • 1531-1623, Omoro Sōshi

     おもろ、ねや　かりや、ひやくさ、きやめ、ちよわれは、きやめ、ちよわれは、しま、たつな、くにごしやん、みおやせ又　せるむ、ねや　かり　や

     omoro, neya, kariya, hiyakusa, kiyame, chiyowareba, kiyame, chiyowareba, shima, taduna, kunigoshan, mioyase MATA: serumu neya kari ya

     The narrator Sound-Raiser, Staying as long as a hundred years The rope of land and the stick of country Give to / The relator Sound-Raiser,