沖縄

/okinapa/ → /okinafa/ → /okinawa/

From Old Japanese. Compound of 沖 (oki, “offshore, at sea”) +‎ 縄 (nawa, “rope”).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) おきなわ [òkínáwá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [o̞kʲina̠ɰᵝa̠]

沖縄 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 沖繩, hiragana おきなわ, rōmaji okinawa, historical hiragana おきなは)

1. (rare, possibly obsolete) a rope used to catch fish

沖縄 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 沖繩, hiragana おきなわ, rōmaji Okinawa, historical hiragana おきなは)

1. the main island in the Okinawa Islands: Okinawa Island
   • 779: Tōdai Wajō Tōsei Den (page 905)

     [...] 十六日發、廿一日戊午、第一第二兩舟同至阿児奈波嶋在多禰島南西第三舟作夜已泊同處十二月六日南風起第一舟著石不動第二舟發向多禰去七日至益救嶋[...]

   • c. 1300: Heike Monogatari (Nagatobon)

     さつまがたとは惣名也、きかいは十二の島なれば、くち五島は日本へ随へり、おく七しまはいまだ我朝に従はずといへり、白石、、あこしき、くろ島、いわうが島、あせ納、あ世波、やくの島とて、ゑらぶ、おきなは、きかいが島といへり

   • 1531-1623: Omoro Sōshi, #96

     あがまぶるたたみきよせひやくたてわやりあまみやからおきなわたけててはおもはな しねりやからみしまもりててはおもはな

2. a group of islands known as the Okinawa Islands
3. the southern-most Japanese prefecture: Okinawa Prefecture

• (island chain): 琉 (りゅう)球 (きゅう) (Ryūkyū)

• Hokama, Shuzen; Nobutsuna Saigō (1972) Nihon Shisō Taikai 18: Omoro Sōshi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten
• Takeuchi, Rizō (1962) Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, →ISBN.

Cognate with Japanese 沖縄 (Okinawa, literally “offshore + rope”).

• IPA^(key): /ɸut͡ɕinaː/

沖縄 (hiragana ふちなー, romaji Fuchinaa)

1. Okinawa

Cognate with Japanese 沖縄 (Okinawa, literally “offshore + rope”).

• IPA^(key): /ukˢɨnaː/

沖縄 (hiragana うきぃなー, romaji Uksïnaa)

1. Okinawa

• 沖縄口 (うきぃなーふつ, Uksïnaafutsu, “Okinawan (language)”)

Cognate with Japanese 沖縄 (Okinawa, literally “offshore + rope”).

• IPA^(key): /ʔut͡ɕinaː/

沖縄 (hiragana うちなー, romaji Uchinaa)

1. Okinawa

• 沖縄口 (うちなーぐち, Uchinaaguchi, “Okinawan (language)”)
• 沖縄人 (うちなんちゅ, Uchinanchu, “Okinawan (people)”)

• → Sanskrit: उचिना (ucinā)

Cognate with Japanese 沖縄 (Okinawa, literally “offshore + rope”).

• IPA^(key): /ʔukɨnaː/

沖縄 (hiragana うきぃなー, romaji Ukïnaa)

1. Okinawa

• 沖縄物言 (うきぃなーむに, Ukïnaamuni, “Okinawan (language)”)

Cognate with Japanese 沖縄 (Okinawa, literally “offshore + rope”).

• IPA^(key): /unna/

沖縄 (hiragana うんな, romaji Unna)

1. Okinawa

• 沖縄物言 (うんなんむぬい, Unnanmunui, “Okinawan (language)”)