大和世

Kunigami

Kanji in this term
大	和	世
やまーと゚ぅー > やまーと゚ぅ		ゆー Grade: 3
Grade: 1	Grade: 3
jukujikun		kun’yomi

Etymology

Literally "world (era) [under] Yamato (Japan) [control]".

Pronunciation

• (Yonamine, Nakijin) IPA^(key): [jàmàːꜛtújúː] (tone class B)
• (Ie, Ie-jima) IPA^(key): [jàmátújúꜜ] (tone class AC)

Noun

大和(やまーと゚ぅ)世(ゆー) (yamātuyū) 

1. an era following Japan control of the Ryukyu Islands and the abolition of feudal domains until the United States Armed Forces occupation of the islands in World War II

References

• Nakasone, Seizen (仲宗根政善) (1983) 沖縄今帰仁方言辞典 [Okinawa Nakijin Dialect Dictionary], Tokyo (東京都): Kadokawa Shōten (角川商店), page 582
• Oshio, Mutsuko (生塩睦子) (1999) 沖縄伊江島方言辞典 [Dictionary of the Ie-jima dialect of Okinawa] (in Japanese), Ie-son (伊江村): Ie-son Kyōiku Iinkai (伊江村教育委員会), page 414

Miyako

Kanji in this term
大	和	世
やまとぅ		ゆー Grade: 3
Grade: 1	Grade: 3
jukujikun		kun’yomi

Etymology

Literally "world (era) [under] Yamato (Japan) [control]".

Pronunciation

• (Nakachi, Irabu) IPA^(key): [jamatujuː]
• (Nakasuji, Tarama) IPA^(key): [jamatujuː]
  • Tonal data: [jámátú=máí...] (L0 ~ class A)

Noun

大和(やまとぅ)世(ゆー) (yamatuyū) 

1. (Irabu-Nakachi, Tarama-Nakasuji) an era following Japan control of the Ryukyu Islands and the abolition of feudal domains until the United States Armed Forces occupation of the islands in World War II

   Coordinate term: あみりかゆー (amirikayū, “an era after the US Armed Forces control”, Irabu-Nakachi dialect)

2. (Tarama-Nakasuji) current era; the present

References

• Tokuyama, Shun'ei (渡久山春英), Kenan, Celik (セリック・ケナン) (2020) 南琉球宮古語多良間方言辞典 [A Dictionary of Tarama Miyako, a dialect of Southern Ryukyuan], Tokyo (東京都): Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo, Gengo Hen'i Kenkyū Ryōiki (国立国語研究所 言語変異研究領域), →ISBN, pages 515-516
• Tomihama, Sadayoshi (富浜定吉) (2013) 宮古伊良部方言辞典 [Miyako Irabu Dialect Dictionary], Naha (那覇市): Okinawa Times (沖縄タイムス社), →ISBN, page 750

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
大	和	世
やまとぅ		ゆー Grade: 3
Grade: 1	Grade: 3
jukujikun		kun’yomi

Etymology

Literally "world (era) [under] Yamato (Japan) [control]".

Pronunciation

• (Shuri) IPA^(key): [jāmātūjūː] (tone class BC)

Noun

大和(やまとぅ)世(ゆー) (yamatuyū) 

1. an era following Japan control of the Ryukyu Islands and the abolition of feudal domains until the United States Armed Forces occupation of the islands in World War II

   Coordinate term: 沖縄世 (uchināyū, “an era before Japan control”)

References

• National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (2001 [1963]) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Zaimushō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局), page 277

Further reading

• “やまとぅゆー【大和世】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Yaeyama

Kanji in this term
大	和	世
やまとぅ		ゆー Grade: 3
Grade: 1	Grade: 3
jukujikun		kun’yomi

Etymology

Literally "world (era) [under] Yamato (Japan) [control]".

Pronunciation

• (Shika, Ishigaki) IPA^(key): [jàꜛmátújúː] (tone class C (non-etymological))
• (Taketomi) IPA^(key): [jəmətuju(ː)]
• (Hatoma) IPA^(key): [jàmátúːjùː]

Noun

大和(やまとぅ)世(ゆー) (yamatuyū) 

1. an era following Japan control of the Ryukyu Islands and the abolition of feudal domains until the United States Armed Forces occupation of the islands in World War II

   やまとぅゆーなりどぅーみどぅんんがくむんならいれぃ゚

   yamatuyū naridū midunn gakumun narairï

   Since the Japanese occupation of Ryukyuan islands, women were also learning. (Ishigaki-Shika dialect)

   とーぬゆーはらなまーややまとぅゆーなりどぅら

   tōnuyūhərə nəmə̄ya yəmətuyū nəridura

   We've went from [our islands under] Chinese control to now [being] under Japanese control. (Taketomi dialect)

   うきなーなーとーぬゆーらやまとぅゆーなりいくさゆーぬあとーあみりかゆーなりまたやまとぅゆーなれーるれきぬあんだー

   ukinānā tōnu yūra yamatuyū nari ikusayūnuatō amirikayū nari mata yamatuyū narēru rekinu andā

   In Okinawa, there has been occupations by China and Japan; after the war, the United States has occupied Okinawa; again, the Japanese occupation of Okinawa is history. (Hatoma dialect)

References

• Kajiku, Shin'ichi (加治工真市) (2021) 鳩間方言辞典 [Hatoma Dialect Dictionary], Tokyo (東京都): Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo, Gengo Hen'i Kenkyū Ryōiki (国立国語研究所 言語変異研究領域), →ISBN, pages 1743-1744
• Maeara, Tōru (前新通) (2011) 竹富方言辞典 [Taketomi Dialect Dictionary], Ishigaki (石垣市): Nanzansha (南山舎), →ISBN, page 1243
• Miyagi, Shin'yū (宮城信勇) (2003) 石垣方言辞典 [Ishigaki Dialect Dictionary], Naha (那覇市): Okinawa Times (沖縄タイムス社), →ISBN, page 1152

Yoron

Kanji in this term
大	和	世
やまとぅ		ゆー Grade: 3
Grade: 1	Grade: 3
jukujikun		kun’yomi

Etymology

Literally "world (era) [under] Yamato (Japan) [control]".

Pronunciation

• (Mugiya Higashi-ku) IPA^(key): [jàmàtùꜛjúː] (tone class C)

Noun

大和(やまとぅ)世(ゆー) (yamatuyū) 

1. an era following Japan control of the Ryukyu Islands and the abolition of feudal domains until the United States Armed Forces occupation of the islands in World War II

   やまとぅゆーなてぃやまとぅむぬばいきちゃいこーたいしゅん

   yamatuyū nati yamatumunubai kichai kōtai shun

   Since we've been under Japanese control, we wore Japanese clothes and ate Japanese food.

References

• Kiku, Chiyo, Takahashi, Toshizō (2005) 与論方言辞典 [Yoron Dialect Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Musashinoshoin, page 604