よもい
Japanese
editEtymology
editSeems to be cognate with the standard form 重い (omoi), via unknown Japonic substratum.
Compare Miyako いぅ゙かい゚ (/ivkaɿ/, Hirara) / ぅ゙ーかㇺ (/vːkam/, Irabu-Nakachi) / ゆぅ゙かㇽ (/juvkaɭ/, Irabu-Nagahama) / いぅ゙しゃーㇽ (/ivʃaːɭ/, Tarama) / いぶぎー (/ibugiː/, Tarama), Yaeyama いっさーん (/issaːN/, Ishigaki) / いーさん (/iːsəN/, Taketomi) and Yonaguni いんさん (/iNsaN/). Also compare Ibaraki dialect いもし (imoshi, “a weight”, Standard Japanese: 重し (omoshi)).
Adjective
editよもい • (yomoi) -i (adverbial よもく (yomoku))
Related terms
edit- よもたい (yomotai)
Further reading
edit- “おぶい【重】”, in 日本方言大辞典 (Nihon Hōgen Daijiten, “Nihon Hōgen Daijiten”) [1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1989, released online 2016, →ISBN