沖縄ん人

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
沖	縄	人
うち Grade: 4	なー Grade: 4	っちゅ > ちゅ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
沖繩ん人 (kyūjitai) 沖縄人

Etymology

沖縄 (Uchinā, “Okinawa”) +‎ ん (-n, “reduced genitive particle”) +‎ 人 (-chu, “person, people”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔut͡ɕinaːn̩t͡ɕu/

Noun

沖(うち)縄(なー)ん人(ちゅ) (uchinānchu) 

1. Okinawan person
2. Okinawan people

References

• “うちなーんちゅ【沖縄人】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.