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Okinawan
Etymology
Literally "bitter generation".
The expected modern Shuri reflex would have been *んじゃゆ (*njayu).
Noun
にがよ (nigayo)
- 苦世: (Old Okinawan) bad year; bad age
- Antonym: あまよ (amayo > *amayu)
- 1531-1623, Omoro Sōshi
はなくすく おわる みかなしの てだの にかよう あまよ なす てだ- fanagusuku owaru mikanashi no teda no nigayo(o) amayo nasu teda
- I visit Fanagusuku; the bitter age sun makes the sweet age sun.
References
- 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 504