我ん

Miyako

Kanji in this term
我
Grade: 6

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *wanu, from Proto-Japonic *wa. Related to Japanese 我 (wa, ware, “I, me”), cognate with eastern Old Japanese 我 (wanu, “I, me”), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baŋ̍/

Pronoun

我(ば)ん (ban) 

  1. first-person pronoun: I, me

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
我
わ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
吾ん

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *wanu, from Proto-Japonic *wa. Cognate with standard Japanese 我 (wa, ware, “I, me”), eastern Old Japanese 我 (wanu, “I, me”), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waŋ̍/

Pronoun

我(わ)ん (wan) 

  1. first-person pronoun: I, me
    我(わ)んとぅ沖縄(うちなー)んかい行(い)ちゅん。
    Wan-tu Uchinā-nkai ichun.
    (They're) going to Okinawa with me.

References

  • “わん【我ん】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
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