ふぃーとぅ

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Okinawan

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *peto.

Pronunciation

  • (Shuri) IPA(key): (tone class C)

Noun

ふぃーとぅ (fītu) 

  1. 海豚: dolphin
    • Nantō Kayō
      うまんちゅに／うがまりて／ひーと／ぐんざん　ゆらち／なみん　しじかに
      umanchu ni / ugamarite / fīto / gunza n yurachi / nami n shijika ni
      The people pray; the dolphin whales also approach; as the waves are still quiet
    • 1711, Konkōkenshū:
      奇物の御初　へと　江豚（イルカ）のこと　しゆこ　知念玉城より上りたるとなり
      A first time of a strange animal. Feto. Dolphin. Shuko. Had gone up from Chinen Tamagusuku.

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), page 234
  • 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 590
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