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Japanese
Etymology
Seems to be cognate with the standard form 重い (omoi), via unknown Japonic substratum.
Compare Miyako いぅ゙かい゚ (/ivkaɿ/, Hirara) / ぅ゙ーかㇺ (/vːkam/, Irabu-Nakachi) / ゆぅ゙かㇽ (/juvkaɭ/, Irabu-Nagahama) / いぅ゙しゃーㇽ (/ivʃaːɭ/, Tarama) / いぶぎー (/ibugiː/, Tarama), Yaeyama いっさーん (/issaːN/, Ishigaki) / いーさん (/iːsəN/, Taketomi) and Yonaguni いんさん (/iNsaN/). Also compare Ibaraki dialect いもし (imoshi, “a weight”, Standard Japanese: 重し (omoshi)).
Adjective
よもい • (yomoi) -i (adverbial よもく (yomoku))
- (dialect, Kantō, Chūbu) Nonstandard form of 重い (omoi, “heavy”).
- (dialect, Sanuki) dull, slow
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