よもい

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Japanese

Etymology

Seems to be cognate with the standard form (おも) (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: (おも) (omoshi)).

Adjective

よもい (yomoi-i (adverbial よもく (yomoku))

  1. (dialect, Kantō, Chūbu) Nonstandard form of 重い (omoi, heavy).
  2. (dialect, Sanuki) dull, slow

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