月ぬ光

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
月	光
ちち Grade: 1	ふぃちゃい Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 月の光 (tsuki no hikari).

From 月 (chichi, “moon”) +‎ ぬ (nu, genitive-possessive particle) +‎ 光 (fichai, “light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕit͡ɕi nu ɸit͡ɕai]

Noun

月(ちち)ぬ光(ふぃちゃい) (chichi nu fichai) 

1. the moonlight (light or gleam of the moon)

References

• “ちちぬふぃちゃい【月ぬ光】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.