おもろ
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Northern Ryukyuan おもい (omoi) (modern うむい (umui)). Cognate with 思い (omoi, “thoughts”).
Noun
[edit]- ancient Ryukyuan popular songs used in folk rituals
- 1531-1623: Omoro Sōshi (#252)
- 一 中峰 来よもん 貢継ぎ 来よ物 此れ 言ちゑ 按司添い 栄せ 又 阿賀ん子 おもろ 饒波犬子 をもろ 又 真石金 おもい 吾が 寄せて おかば
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- 1531-1623: Omoro Sōshi (#252)
References
[edit]- Hokama, Shuzen with Nobutsuna Saigō (1972) [c. 1531-1623] Nihon Shisō Taikai 18: Omoro Sōshi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten