Examples of Vocabulary and Phrase
- haisai (はいさい) - hello. from Ryukyuan.
- ... saa (さー) - sentence final particle. from Japanese.
- aga! (あがっ!) - ouch! from Ryukyuan.
- deeji (でーじ) - very, terribly. from Ryukyuan.
- shini (しに) - very. also shinikan (しにかん) in North Okinawa. new word by young Okinawan.
- wajiru (わじる) - stream up. from Ryukyuan.
- furaa (ふらー) - foolish. from Ryukyuan.
- -(sa)rin doo (さりんどー) - I will ... to you! from Japanese -(sa)reru zo "You will be ...ed".
- waaraa (ワーラー) - water. from English.
- shaapu (シャープ) - shop. from English.
- ritchaa (リッチャー) - rich person. from English rich and Ryukyuan -aa "-ist".
- naichaa (ナイチャー) - mainland Japanese people. from Japanese naichi "mainland" and Ryukyuan -aa.
- dakara yoo (だからよー) - that's it, yeah. from Japanese dakara "because of".
- -mashoo ne (ましょうね) - I will ... from Japanese "Let's ..."
- daaru (だある) - That's it. from Japanese dearu formal copula.
- jootoo (じょーとー, 上等) - Good. from Japanese.
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