Definition of 島言葉 (しまくとぅば)
しまくとぅば
島言葉
しまくとぅば
shimakutoぅba
noun
1.
mother tongue (from the island where one was raised)(usually kana, Ryuukyuu-ben (dialect))
2.
Okinawan neologism (developed by the language revival movement)(usually kana, Ryuukyuu-ben (dialect))
Other readings:
しまくとぅば《島くとぅば》
、しまクトゥバ《島クトゥバ》
、シマクトゥバ
Related Kanji
| 島 | island |
| 言 | say, word |
| 葉 | leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece |