みー

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Okinawan

Noun

みー (mī) 

  1. 目: eye; sight

Yonaguni

Etymology 1

From Proto-Ryukyuan *mi (“flesh; meat”), from Proto-Japonic *mui (“body; flesh; meat”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Sonai) IPA(key): (tone class A)

Noun

みー (mī) 

  1. meat; flesh; an edible part of food
    Synonym: ちち (chichi, “especially pork”)
    あがいさてぃ　ありしぬ　いすにぶる　あが　んぎだたや　みーか　はらんか゚とぅ　うぶさびてぃ　まーん
    agaisati arishinu isuniburu aga ngidataya mīka haran'ngatu ubusabiti mān
    There were many eggs from the flesh of the red sea urchins at the shore of Arishi, Agarisaki; they were delicious.
    ばたむてぃぬ　ばすに　んまぬ　み　はぬんすや　あがみ　なんす　うぐりるんでぃ
    batamutinu basuni nmanu mi hanunsuya agami nansu ugurirundi
    (It was said that) the horse meat being inedible during pregnancy was due to a late delivery.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Ryukyuan *me, from Proto-Japonic *mai.

Pronunciation

  • (Sonai) IPA(key): (tone class B)

Noun

みー (mī) 

  1. 目: eye; vision; sight
    とぅち　とぅい　みー　むどぅい　みぬんすや
    tuchi tui mī mudui minunsuya
    The year passed, and my vision has dropped.
    ばやぬ　むぬや　みー　かなん
    bayanu munuya mī kanan
    to be seen well (lit. to have one's sight fulfilled by people of the house
  2. (in ~nu mi) the middle of...
    だまぬ　みんき　はいひるん
    damanu minki haihirun
    (I) entered through the mountain.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Ryukyuan *mii, from Proto-Japonic *nipi.

Pronunciation

  • (Sonai) IPA(key): (tone class A)

Prefix

みー (mī-) 

  1. 新: new
    みーする
    mīsuru
    new tray
    みーどぅるくにち
    mīdurukunichi
    the new sixteenth festival

References

  • Yonaguni Hōgen Jiten Henshū I'inkai (与那国方言辞典編集委員会) (2021) どぅなんむぬい辞典 [Dunanmunui Dictionary], Yonaguni (与那国町): Yonaguni-chō Kyōiku I'inkai (与那国町教育委員会), pages 300-301
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