きゆ

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Okinawan

Alternative spelling
今日

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *keu.

Pronunciation

  • (Shuri) IPA(key): (tone class B)

Noun

きゆ

  1. 今日: (literary) today
    今日(けふ)のほこらしやや / なをにぎやなたてる / つぼでをる花(はな)の / 露(つゆ)きやたごと
    kiyu nu fukurashaya / naunigyanatateru / tsibudiwuruhananu / tsiyukyatagutu
    What should I compare for today's happiness? Flower buds that meet with dew? (Ryūka by Gujinfū)
    • 1531-1623, Omoro Sōshi
      きこゑ大きみきや　けよ　ふらす　あめや　きやのうちみやに　こかね　ふりみちへて
      kikowe-OFOkimi-gya keyo furasu ame-ya kya-no-uchimiya-ni kogane furimichifete
      Well-known Holy Lady, Making the rain fall today
    • Nantō Kayō
      きふの　夜や　おどまり／なまの　夜や　おどまり／ねく筵　おわいすら
      kifu-no YUya odomari / nama-no YUya odomari / neku-MUSHIRU owaisura
      Tonight's stop / this night's stop; / I give the thick straw mat.
    • Ryūka Zenshū
      けふの　よかる　日に　昔どし　いきやて　嬉しさや　互に　語て遊ば
      kefu-no yokaru FI-ni MUKASHI-doshi ikyate URIshisa-ya TAGĒ-ni KATAteASIba
      On a good today; I went to my past friends; and we were happy together; let's talk and play.
    • Kumiodori
      やあ　なし子　けふからの　先や　敵　かたき　と思な
      yā nashiKKWA kefu-kara-no SACHIya KATACHI kataki to UMŪna
      Hey, my dear child; from this point on today; don't think about your enemies.
    • 1711, Konkōkenshū:
      けふ　今日
      Keu. Today.

Descendants

  • Okinawan: ちゅー (chū)

References

  • Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局), pages 21, 320
  • Okinawa Kogo Daijiten Henshū I'inkai (沖縄古語大辞典編集委員会) (1995) 沖縄古語大辞典 [Dictionary of Archaic Okinawan], Tokyo (東京都): Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店), →ISBN, page 267
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