Word Meaning 島言葉

しまくとぅば shimakutuba

島言葉 is read as しまくとぅば (shimakutuba) and means Okinawan neologism (developed by the language revival movement).

Meaning

English

  1. Okinawan neologism (developed by the language revival movement)
  2. mother tongue (from the island where one was raised)

Reading

Kana

しまくとぅば

Romaji

shimakutuba

Writing Variants

  • 島くとぅば しまくとぅば shimakutuba
  • 島クトゥバ しまくとぅば shimakutuba

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 38441 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

逆さ言葉

さかさことば

word said backwards

言葉

けとば

language

話し言葉

はなしことば

spoken language

書き言葉

かきことば

written word

合言葉

あいことば

motto

花言葉

はなことば

language of flowers (e.g. the use of red roses to signify love)

下郎言葉

げろうことば

low-class language

吉原言葉

よしはらことば

language used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period

田舎言葉

いなかことば

provincial dialect

江戸言葉

えどことば

Edo dialect

棄言葉

すてことば

sharp parting remark