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いゆ【魚】

iyu

Pronunciation: /iju/

Definition

Noun

  1. Fish
    1. かんだいいゆ
      kandai iyu
      "Dried fish"

Etymology

Cognate to the regional Japanese word うお uo or いお io "fish" (considered outdated or obsolete in the standard language); Ehime and Amakusa (Kumamoto) いを iwo; Ehime, Nagasaki, Kumamoto and Kagoshima いお io; Kagoshima いよ iyo; Kikai いゆ iyu, いう iu and ゆ yu; Amami (Kamikatetsu) ゆ yu; Amami (Yuwan) and Okinawan (Nakijin) っゆ qyu; Amami (Yamatohama, Asama, Shodon), Yoron and Okinawan (Yonamine) っゆー qyuu; Okinawan (Shuri) いう iu and いゆ iyu; Miyako (Irabu) ïzu; Miyako (Hirara) (z)ïzu / ɿzu / zzu; Yaeyama (Hateruma) ゆー yuu; Yaeyama (Ishigaki) いづ idzu; and Yonaguni いゆ iyu. Written as うを uwo and いを iwo in Classical Japanese.

Attested for Japanese in the 和名抄 Wamyōshō (938 CE) under the spelling 宇乎 uwo, with a note mentioning the vulgar pronunciation 伊遠 iwo. Attested for Ryukyuan under the spelling eéo (io) "fish" in the 1818 Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo island in the Japan Sea, by Herbert John Clifford.

Variously reconstructed for Proto-Ryukyuan as *iyu, *iyo or *io. Variously reconstructed for Proto-Japonic as *uCo, *iCo, *uwo, *iwo, *(d)íwó, or *(y)iwə.

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Romanizationiyu
Pronunciation (IPA)/iju/

意味:さかな【魚】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2022, August 13). いゆ【魚】 : iyu | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 3, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/251/iyu/.