我ん

Miyako

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *wanu, from Proto-Japonic *wa. Cognate with standard Japanese 我 (wa, ware, “I, me”) and Okinawan 我ん (wan, “I, me”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baŋ̍/

Pronoun

我ん (hiragana ばん, rōmaji ban)

1. first-person pronoun: I, me

References

• “バン” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Miyako Dialect Dictionary.

“ばん” in Celik Kenan Thibault, Online Miyako Dictionary, 2016.

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Okinawan

Kanji in this term
我
わ Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
吾ん

Alternative forms

• (topicalized, irregular) 我(わ)んねー (wannē)

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *wanu, from Proto-Japonic *wa. Cognate with standard Japanese 我 (wa, ware, “I, me”) and Miyako 我ん (ban, “I, me”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waŋ̍/

Pronoun

1. first-person pronoun: I, me

   我(わ)んとぅ沖縄(うちなー)んかい行(い)ちゅん。

   Wan-tu Uchinā-nkai ichun.

   (They're) going to Okinawa with me.

References

• “わん【我ん】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “ワン” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).