ひかでぃいり

Yonaguni

Etymology

Unknown. The term appears in Hōsei Daigaku Okinawa Bunka Kenkyūjo (1987:140) as "hikadiiri ヒカディイリ［名］旧暦の８，９月頃。 (Noun, The 8th or 9th month period of the old Japanese lunisolar calendar.)" In Ikema (2003:10), this word is glossed as 秋になった "it's autumn".

Pronunciation

(Sonai) IPA^(key): [çìkàdì.ìɾì] (tone class B)

Noun

ひかでぃいり (hikadiiri)

autumn
ひかでぃいり　しださぐ　ない　あきだん　とぅびあいぐんすや
hikadiiri shidasagu nai akidan tubiaigunsuya
It's autumn; the weather had cooled; the dragonflies are still flying around.

References

Hōsei Daigaku Okinawa Bunka Kenkyūjo (法政大学沖縄文化研究所) (1987) “琉球の方言１１巻：八重山・与那国島 [Ryukyuan Dialects 11: Yonaguni-jima, Yaeyama]”, in Ryūkyū no Hōgen (琉球の方言), volume 11, →DOI, pages 01-359

Ikema, Nae (池間苗) (2003) 与那国語辞典 [Yonaguni Language Dictionary], Yonaguni: private publication, →OCLC, page 10
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 366