’てぃるん

Yonaguni

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *sute (“to throw away; to drop down”), from Proto-Japonic *sutu. Cognate with Yaeyama してぃるん (shitirun, “to throw away; to drop down”), Okinawan すぃてぃるん (sitirun, “to throw away”), Japanese 捨てる (suteru, “to throw away”).

Pronunciation

• (Sonai) IPA^(key): [tˀìɾúɴ] (tone class A)

Verb

’てぃるん (’tirun) 

1. to overflow

   Synonym: 溢でぃるん (andirun)

   みん　’てぃるんどー

   min ’tirundō

   The water is overflowing!

   だっかんぬ　どぅー　ばんぎ　’てぃどぅ　ぶんそー

   dakkannu dū bangi ’tidu bunsō

   Boil the hot water inside the kettle, and it will overflow!

See also

• (to throw away):
  • ’かってぃるん ('kattirun)
  • いたてぃるん (itatirun)

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), page 201