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Okinawan
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Etymology
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でーびる
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Okinawan
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edit
]
Etymology
[
edit
]
This
etymology
is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the
Etymology scriptorium
.
Particularly: “←→
Japanese
でございます
?”
Verb
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]
でーびる
(
dēbiru
)
(
polite
)
to
be
今日
(
ちゅー
)
や
良
(
い
)
い
天
(
てぃん
)
気
(
ち
)
でーびる
。
Chū ya ii tinchi
dēbiru
.
It is
a fine day.
(literally, “
today + as for + good + weather +
is
”)
References
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]
1902
, E. R. Edwards,
nouts ɔn kəɹiən ən ˈluwˈtʃuwən
, in
lə mɛːtrə fɔnetik
,
p.114
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