🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
とぅしぬゆる【年ぬ夜】 : tushi nu yuru | define meaning
tushi nu yuru
Pronunciation: [tuɕinujuɾu]
Definition
Noun
- New Year's Eve
Etymology
Cognate with Okinawan (Katsuren: Haebaru, Katsuren: Higa) とぅしぬゆるー tushi nu yuruu; Okinawan (Ishikawa Yamashiro, Shuri) とぅしぬゆーる tushi nu yuuru; Okinawan (Gushikawa) とぅしぬゆーるー tushi nu yuuruu; Okinawan (Ishikawa, Katsuren: Hama, Katsuren: Henna, Katsuren: Heshikiya, Katsuren: Tsuken, Shuri, Yonashiro: Ikemi, Yonashiro: Miyagi, Yonashiro: Tobaru, Yonashiro: Uehara) とぅしぬゆる tushi nu yuru; Okinawan (Enobi, Esu, Iribaru, Kawasaki, Kawata, Maehara, Ota, Tengan, Uken) とぅしゆるー tushi yuruu "New Year's Eve". Generally from *tushi "year", the genitive particle *nu, and variations of *yuru "evening, night".
Compare standard Japanese としのよ【年の夜】 toshi no yo "the night of New Year's Eve", Yaeyama (Hatoma) とぅしぬゆー tushi nu yuu "the night of New Year's Eve" and Kagoshima (Tanegashima) としのよさ toshi no yosa "New Year's Eve".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 年ぬ夜 |
| Kana | とぅしぬゆる |
| New Okinawa Moji | 婢しぬゆる |
| Romanization | tushi nu yuru |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [tuɕinujuɾu] |
意味：おおみそか【大晦日】