かいだでぃ
Appearance
Yonaguni
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sudō (1942:248)[1] suggests it is derived from *kari-ya; see the English Wikipedia article for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]かいだでぃ (kaidadi)
- Kaida glyph; a hieroglyphic system in Yonaguni used as notes in exchanges
- あか゚ あさぬ どぅにどぅ かいだでぃがら かびんき でぃー かぐんに なたんでぃ んどぅんさい
- a'nga asanu dunidu kaidadigara kabinki dī kagunni natandi ndunsai
- It was said in my grandfather's age, ideographs were written on paper using Kaida glyphs.
- あか゚ あさぬ どぅにどぅ かいだでぃがら かびんき でぃー かぐんに なたんでぃ んどぅんさい
References
[edit]- ^ Sudō Toshiichi (須藤利一) (1942) 南島覚書 [Notes about Japan's Southern Islands] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京都)): Tōtō Shoseki (東都書籍,
- Ikema, Nae (池間苗) (2003) 与那国語辞典 [Yonaguni Language Dictionary], Yonaguni: private publication, →OCLC, page 164
- 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 103