上がい天道

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
上	天	道
あ Grade: 1	てぃーだ
	Grade: 1	Grade: 2
kun'yomi	jukujikun

Alternative spelling
上がい太陽

Etymology

Compound of 上がい (agai, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of 上がゆん (agayun, “to rise”)) +‎ 天道, 太陽 (tīda, “sun”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaɡaitiːda/

  Pitch accent 1.

Noun

上(あ)がい天道(てぃーだ) (agaitīda) 

1. rising sun, morning sun

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)