ぐや

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Yonaguni

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Etymology

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Likely an irregular change of Proto-Ryukyuan elements *niga (bitter) + *ori (melon), or borrowed from Okinawan ごーやー (gōyā).

Cognate with Kunigami ごーやー (gōyā, bitter melon, Nakijin-Yonamine dialect), Okinawan ごーやー (gōyā, bitter melon, crippled foot, Shuri dialect), Miyako ごーら (gōra, bitter melon, Irabu-Nakachi dialect).

Pronunciation

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  • (Sonai) IPA(key): [ɡùjâ] (tone class C)

Noun

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ぐや (guya

  1. bitter gourd, bitter melon
    ぐやや んだみてぃ チャンプルー いたり ひちたてぃ んだみてぃ さしみとぅ まどぅん はいば まーんど
    guyaya ndamiti chanpurū itari hichitati ndamiti sashimitu madun haiba māndo
    I slice bitter melon to use as chanpuru; slicing thin, when I eat it together with sashimi, it is delicious.

References

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  • 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 138

Further reading

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  • ぐや【苦瓜】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.