急がゆい

Kikai

Kanji in this term
急
いす Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

From pre-Amami *isogari, from Proto-Ryukyuan *isogi, from Proto-Japonic *isonku.

Within the Amami Islands, cognate with Northern Amami-Oshima 急がるり (ishogaruri), Oki-No-Erabu 急がゆん (ishugayun), Southern Amami-Oshima 急がゆむっ (ishogayum), and Toku-No-Shima 急がり (ishugari). Clearly cognate with Japanese 急ぐ (isogu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isuɡajui/

Verb

急(いす)がゆい (isugayui) 

1. to rush

References

• 岩倉市郎 (1941) 喜界島方言集 [Kikai-jima Dialect Collection]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 中央公論社, page 25