やまとぅゆー

Okinawan

Alternative spelling
大和世

Etymology

Literally "world (era) [under] Yamato (Japan) [control]".

Attested in the Nantō Kayō under the spellings やまとぅゆー　and やまとよ.

Pronunciation

• (Shuri) IPA^(key): [jāmātūjūː] (tone class BC)

Noun

やまとぅゆー (yamatuyū) 

1. 大和世: an era following Japan control of the Ryukyu Islands and the abolition of feudal domains until the United States Armed Forces occupation of the islands in World War II

   Coordinate term: 沖縄世 (uchināyū, “an era before Japan control”)

   • Nantō Kayō

     なまがゆーや　やまとぅゆー　／　やまとぅゆー　かみがゆー　むすでぃ　／　しまさかい　くにさかい

     namagayūya yamatuyū / yamatuyū kamigayū musudi / shimazakai kunizakai

     Our current era is a Yamato era; / unite the Yamato era and the era of gods together; / the island prospers; the land prospers

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 277
• 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 694

Further reading

• “やまとぅゆー【大和世】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.