そらふ

Northern Amami Ōshima

Etymology

The initial sora- might be related to Proto-Ryukyuan *sora (“tip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [soɾaɸu]

Noun

そらふ (sorahu) 

1. (said of the tip of fingers) whitlow

   そらふちばた゚だて゚ぃんさきちどぅおもうむんいちゃさぬなだぬいじるんしこど。

   Sorahu chiba θada θïnsaki chidu omō mun ichasanu nada nu izirunsiko do.

   Though the whitlow is merely on top of my finger, painless tears come out...

See also

• むと゚ぅふ (muθufu)

References

• Osada, Suma, Suyama, Nahoko (1977) 奄美方言分類辞典上巻 [Dictionary of Amami Dialect on Semantic Principles: Volume 1], Tokyo: Kasama Shoin, page 270
• Osada, Suma, Suyama, Nahoko, Fujii, Misako (1980) 奄美方言分類辞典下巻 [Dictionary of Amami Dialect on Semantic Principles: Volume 2], Tokyo: Kasama Shoin, page 720