Miyako

Introduction

Miyako is a language of Japan. It is spoken in Southern Okinawa; Miyako, Ogami, Ikema, Kurima, Irabu, Tarama, Minna islands.

Dialects

Irabu-Jima, Miyako-Jima (Hirara, Ogami), Tarama-Minna. Not intelligible of Ryukyuan languages and Japanese (See: Japanese). Dialects listed have noticeable differences, but communication is not impossible.

The Miyako Verb

Verblist

• あーㇲ゙
• 有ーㇲ゙
• うきㇲ゙
• 起きㇲ゙
• 押す
• カヴ
• くみーㇲ゙
• 込みーㇲ゙
• すてぃㇲ゙
• 捨てぃㇲ゙
• たたきぃ
• 叩きぃ
• つぃふーㇲ゙
• 作ーㇲ゙
• ばーㇲ゙
• 割ーㇲ゙
• ぴなㇲ゙
• ふぉー
• 食ー
• まーㇲ゙さまーㇲ゙
• まさーㇲ゙
• 勝ーㇲ゙

• afky -- to yawn
• akiy -- to open, uncover
• ay -- to say
• ayky -- to walk
• barō -- to laugh
• bay -- to split
• biy -- to sit
• cypaky -- to spit
• fky -- to blow
• fō -- to eat
• ikydidu wwy -- to live, be alive
• iraby -- to choose
• juby -- to suck
• jum -- to count
• jumi’udu mīy -- to dream
• kaby -- to sniff, smell
• kaffy -- to hide
• kaky -- to scratch
• kam -- to bite
• kam -- to chew
• kō -- to buy
• kurus -- to kill
• kyky -- to hear
• kys -- to come
• kys -- to cut, hack
• magay -- to turn
• mās -- to burn
• mīy -- to see
• mucy -- to hold
• munu skōy -- to cook
• nagariy -- to flow
• naky -- to cry
• niv -- to sleep
• nū -- to sew
• num -- to drink
• nusum -- to steal
• nūy -- to climb
• paky -- to vomit
• sn -- to die, be dead
• tuby -- to fly
• ujugy -- to swim
• umuy -- to think