っゔゃますかㇲ゙

Miyako edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Ryukyuan *urajamasi, possibly borrowed from Early Middle Japanese Japanese 羨ましい (urayamashii), as *urayamasïkaz would be expected, since *ora (hidden side, back side) goes to Miyako うら (ura), attested throughout the dialects.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

っゔゃますかㇲ゙ (vv-yamasukadz

  1. jealous
    かぬっふぁー でぃきちゃーやいば っぅ゙やますむぬ
    kanuffā dikichājaiba vvjamasïmunu
    That kid is well-balanced and so I am jealous of him/her.

References edit

  • Hirayama, Teruo (平山 照男), Ōshima Ichirō (大島 一郎), Ōno Masao (大野 眞男), Kuno Makoto (久野 眞), Kuno Mariko (久野 マリ子), Sugimura Takao (杉村 孝夫) (1992-1994) 現代日本語方言大辞典 [Dictionary of Japanese Dialects], Tokyo: Meiji Shoin (明治書院), page 682