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くにごしやん

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Okinawan

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Etymology

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Can be analyzed as くに (kuni, land) +‎ ごしやん (goshan, staff).

Noun

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くにごしやん (kunigoshan)

  1. (Old Okinawan) the great staff of the land
    • 1531-1623, Omoro Sōshi
      おもろ、ねや かりや、ひやくさ、きやめ、ちよわれは、きやめ、ちよわれは、しま、たつな、くにごしやん、みおやせ又 せるむ、ねや かり や
      omoro, neya, kariya, hiyakusa, kiyame, chiyowareba, kiyame, chiyowareba, shima, taduna, kunigoshan, mioyase MATA: serumu neya kari ya
      The narrator Sound-Raiser, Staying as long as a hundred years The rope of land and the stick of country Give to / The relator Sound-Raiser,