🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa: Gushikawa)
とぅしぬゆーるー【年ぬ夜】 : tushi nu yuuruu | define meaning
tushi nu yuuruu
Pronunciation: [tuɕinujuːɾuː]
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 | とぅしぬゆーるー |
| New Okinawa Moji | 婢しぬゆーるー |
| Romanization | tushi nu yuuruu |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [tuɕinujuːɾuː] |
意味：おおみそか【大晦日】