我ん

Miyako

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”), Okinawan 我ん (wan, “I, me”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baŋ̍/

Pronoun

我ん (hiragana ばん, rōmaji ban)

first-person pronoun: I, me

Okinawan

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

Alternative spelling	吾ん

Alternative forms

(topicalized, irregular) 我 (わ)んねー (wannē)

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”), Okinawan 我ん (wan, “I, me”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /waŋ̍/

Pronoun

我ん (hiragana わん, rōmaji wan)

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.