戦

Cognate with Japanese 戦 (ikusa).
Shift in meaning from 軍 (ikusa, “soldier, army”), by extension of “archery”, and then to “an exchange of arrows → a battle”.

戦後

postwar, after the war; especially, after World War II


元

元 (canonical)
mutu (romanization)
mūtu (romanization)
むとぅむーとぅ (hiragana)

From Proto-Ryukyuan *moto, from Proto-Japonic *mətə. Cognate with mainland Japanese 元 (moto).


歌

From Proto-Ryukyuan *Uta, from Proto-Japonic *Uta.


男

Possibly from Japanese 男 (otoko, “man”).


銭

Cognate to Kumamoto ぜん (zen) "money, coins"; and standard Japanese 銭 (zeni, “coin (worth a hundredth of a yen)”).


音楽

Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as うんがく. Borrowed from Japanese 音楽 (ongaku).
Not used in actual Okinawan.


菩薩

ryu-noun

菩薩(ぶーさー) (būsā)


学校

gakkō (romanization)
校 (counter)
こー (hiragana)

school (institution dedicated to teaching and learning)


名字

名字 (canonical)
myōji (romanization)
nōji (romanization)
じじ (hiragana)


警察

ryu-head

警(きー)察(さち) or 警(ちー)察(さち) (kīsachi or chīsachi)

警察 (canonical)
kīsachi (romanization)
chīsachi (romanization)
さちさち (hiragana)

First used around the beginning of the Meiji period, borrowed from Japanese 警察 (keisatsu).


女子

Cognate with Yoron 女子 (ふなぐ, funagu) and dialectal Japanese 女(おな)子(ご) (onago).

一人(ちゅい)女(ゐな)子(ぐ)ん子(ぐゎー)


幽霊

幽霊(ゆーりー) (yūrī)


三線

→ English: sanshin

→ Japanese: 三線 (sanshin)

a fretless plucked lute with three strings and skin-covered body, a precursor to the shamisen


念仏

From Middle Chinese-derived elements 念 (nin, “mental chanting”) + 仏 (buchi, “Buddha”).
Cognate with mainland Japanese 念仏 (nenbutsu).

com

(Buddhism) a prayer or chant to the Buddha


監獄

Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as かんぐく. Borrowed from Japanese 監獄 (kangoku, “prison”).
Not used in actual Okinawan; see synonyms for the actual used words.


書物

ryu-head

書(し)物(むち) or 書物(すむち) (shimuchi or sumuchi) ^(←しゆむつぃ (syumutwi)?)

書物 (canonical)
書物 ^ (canonical)
shimuchi (romanization)
sumuchi (romanization)
syumutwi (romanization)
しゆむつぃ (hiragana historical)
むちすむち (hiragana)

Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as しゆむつぃ.

ryu-OG

太郎(たるー)や毎日(めーなち)書物(しむち)読(ゆ)むん。
Tarū-ya mēnachi shimuchi yumun.
Tarū reads a book every day.


あんまー

Cognate to Miyako あんな (anna), Yaeyama あっぱ (appa), Yonaguni あぶだ (abuda).

(familiar) A term used to refer to one's own mother: "Mom; mum; mama; momma; mother"


刀自

Cognate with mainland Japanese 刀自 (toji, “matron”).


くす

くすくぇー

くすまいん


火ぬ神

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火(ひ)ぬ神(かん) or 火(ふぃ)ぬ神(かん) (hinukan or finukan)

火ぬ神 (canonical)
hinukan (romanization)
finukan (romanization)
かんかん (hiragana)

火 (ふぃー, fī, “fire”) + ぬ (possessive particle) + 神 (かん, kan, “god”)


ゐきー

From Proto-Ryukyuan *wekeri, from *we (“man”), from Proto-Japonic *we.