みー

Okinawan

Noun

みー (mī) 

1. 目: eye; sight

Yonaguni

Etymology 1

From Proto-Ryukyuan *mi (“flesh; meat”), from Proto-Japonic *mui (“body; flesh; meat”).

Alternative forms

• み (mi)

Pronunciation

• (Sonai) IPA^(key): [míː] (tone class A)

Noun

みー (mī) 

1. meat; flesh; an edible part of food

   Synonym: ちち (chichi, “especially pork”)

   あがいさてぃ　ありしぬ　いすにぶる　あが　んぎだたや　みーか　はらんか゚とぅ　うぶさびてぃ　まーん

   agaisati arishinu isuniburu aga ngidataya mīka haran'ngatu ubusabiti mān

   There were many eggs from the flesh of the red sea urchins at the shore of Arishi, Agarisaki; they were delicious.

   ばたむてぃぬ　ばすに　んまぬ　み　はぬんすや　あがみ　なんす　うぐりるんでぃ

   batamutinu basuni nmanu mi hanunsuya agami nansu ugurirundi

   (It was said that) the horse meat being inedible during pregnancy was due to a late delivery.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Ryukyuan *me, from Proto-Japonic *mai.

Pronunciation

• (Sonai) IPA^(key): [mìː] (tone class B)

Noun

みー (mī) 

1. 目: eye; vision; sight

   とぅち　とぅい　みー　むどぅい　みぬんすや

   tuchi tui mī mudui minunsuya

   The year passed, and my vision has dropped.

   ばやぬ　むぬや　みー　かなん

   bayanu munuya mī kanan

   to be seen well (lit. to have one's sight fulfilled by people of the house

2. (in ~nu mi) the middle of...

   だまぬ　みんき　はいひるん

   damanu minki haihirun

   (I) entered through the mountain.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Ryukyuan *mii, from Proto-Japonic *nipi.

Pronunciation

• (Sonai) IPA^(key): [míː] (tone class A)

Prefix

みー (mī-) 

1. 新: new

   みーする

   mīsuru

   new tray

   みーどぅるくにち

   mīdurukunichi

   the new sixteenth festival

References

• Yonaguni Hōgen Jiten Henshū I'inkai (与那国方言辞典編集委員会) (2021) どぅなんむぬい辞典, Yonaguni (与那国町): Yonaguni-chō Kyōiku I'inkai (与那国町教育委員会), pages 300-301