くふぁふぃじ

Okinawan

Etymology

A compound of くふぁ (kufa-, “hard”) +‎ ふぃじ (fiji, “reply”).

Pronunciation

• (Shuri) IPA^(key): [kūɸāɸīdʑī] (tone class BC)

Noun

くふぁふぃじ (kufafiji) 

1. blunt answer
   • Kumiodori

     あゝ　いきやへは　兄弟 何　うち隔の　あが是や 余り　こは返事　やつさあ

     aa ikyafeba KYODE NAU uchiFEDATE-no aga KOREya AMAri kofaFEJI yatsusaa

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

• Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局), page 328
• 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 286