Okinawan and Miyako
From LING073
Resources for machine translation between Okinawan and Miyako
Lexical Selection
- In Miyako, はい can mean field, needle, or south, and is also a causative auxiliary verb. If it is followed by string, it is probably needle.
- Hand and arm are the same word in Okinawan (てぃい), but different words in Miyako. If てぃい is followed by an instrumental, we are assuming it is hand.