ふぃーとぅ

Okinawan

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *peto.

Pronunciation

• (Shuri) IPA^(key): [ɸíːtú] (tone class C)

Noun

ふぃーとぅ (fītu) 

1. 海豚: dolphin
   • Nantō Kayō

     うまんちゅに／うがまりて／ひーと／ぐんざん　ゆらち／なみん　しじかに

     umanchu ni / ugamarite / fīto / gunza n yurachi / nami n shijika ni

     The people pray; the dolphin whales also approach; as the waves are still quiet

   • 1711, Konkōkenshū:

     奇物の御初　へと　江豚（イルカ）のこと　しゆこ　知念玉城より上りたるとなり

     A first time of a strange animal. Feto. Dolphin. Shuko. Had gone up from Chinen Tamagusuku.

References

• Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局), page 234
• Okinawa Kogo Daijiten Henshū I'inkai (沖縄古語大辞典編集委員会) (1995) 沖縄古語大辞典 [Dictionary of Archaic Okinawan], Tokyo (東京都): Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店), →ISBN, page 590