やーむとぅ

Miyako

Etymology

From 家 (やー, yaa, “house”) + 元 (むとぅ, mutu, “mother, origin, source”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jɑːmutu/

Noun

やーむとぅ (romaji yaamutu) [1] (Ōgami)

  1. 家元: motherhouse

References
  1. Thomas Pellard (2009), “Ōgami: Éléments de description d’un parler du Sud des Ryūkyū”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎, Ecoledes Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
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