っゔゃますかㇲ゙

Miyako

Etymology

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

• (Hirara) IPA^(key): /vvjamasz̩kaz̩/

Adjective

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

• 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