🌏 Region(s): Kyushu (Kagoshima: Tanegashima, Kumamoto, Saga)
ひやか【冷か・冷やか】 : hiyaka | define meaning
hiyaka
Pronunciation: [çijaka]
Definition
Ka-Adjective
- Cold; cool
Etymology
Cognate with Hokkaido, Kansai, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Ehime and Kochi ひやい hiyai; Saga, Kumamoto and Kagoshima ひやか hiyaka; Yoron ぴーさい piisai; Okinawan ふぃーさん fiisan and ひーさん hiisan "cold". Related to Osaka ひやっこい hiyakkoi "cold".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo island in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Cold. Feésa".
- Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste: Along the Coast of Corea, to the Island of Lewchew, with an Account of Her Subsequent Shipwreck (1818), by John M'Leod, records "Cold. Fuisa".
Notes
The term is said to be falling out of use in Kumamoto.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 冷か 冷やか |
| Kana | ひやか |
| Romanization | hiyaka |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [çijaka] |
意味：さむい【寒い】、すずしい【涼しい】
Categories:
冷か
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, December 17). ひやか【冷か・冷やか】 : hiyaka | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, May 13, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/1243/hiyaka/.