あったみ

Okinawan

Etymology

Attested in the Konkōkenshū in compounds, as あつため; of unknown origin. The Proto-Ryukyuan words for "meat" is *sisi and *mi, the former being attested with the meaning "meat" in Okinawan. Both words are also well attested throughout Ryukyuan.

Pronunciation

• (Shuri) IPA^(key): [ʔàttámí] (tone class BC)

Noun

あったみ (attami) 

1. meat (well made)
   • 1711, Konkōkenshū:

     つのあつため　　牛肉の事　／　つかないのあつため　　豕の事　／　かうのあつため　　鹿肉　／　やまあつため　　山猪　／　ひゝしやあつため　　羊肉

     Tsuno attame, beef / tsukanai no attame, pork / kau no attame, venison / yama attame, wild pork / fifija attame, mutton

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 120
• 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 26