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🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をぅがなびら【拝なびら】

wuganabira

Pronunciation: [(ʷ)uɡanabiɾa]

Definition

Expression

  1. A phrasal ending roughly equivalent to "it's a pleasure to see you"
    1. ちゅーをぅがなびら【今日拝なびら】
      chuu wuganabira
      (polite) "Hello", "Good day"
    2. はじみてぃをぅがなびら【初みてぃ拝なびら】
      hajimiti wuganabira
      (polite) "How do you do?", "Nice to meet you", "Pleased to make your acquaintance"

Etymology

Derived from the polite, presumptive-volitional form of the humble Okinawan verb をぅがむん【拝むん】 wugamun or をぅがぬん【拝ぬん】 wuganun, meaning "to worship" or "to see" (cf. standard Japanese おがむ【拝む】 ogamu).

Notes

Occasional spelling variants: うぅがなびら or うがなびら.

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji拝なびら
Kanaをぅがなびら
歹がなびら
Romanizationwuganabira
Pronunciation (IPA)[(ʷ)uɡanabiɾa]

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拝なびら

Tags: Okinawan Language, Uchinaaguchi, Ryukyuan Languages, 沖縄方言, 沖縄語, うちなーぐち, 沖縄口, 琉球方言, 琉球語...

Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2019, October 15). をぅがなびら【拝なびら】 : wuganabira | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, April 15, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/50/wuganabira/.