Okinawan and Miyako/Lexical selection
From LING073
ryu → mvi
mvi → ryu
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.
- needle and string
- (mvi) はいとぅ いとぅ → (ryu) needle and string
- (mvi) はいとぅ <n><com> いとぅ<n> → (ryu)
- (mvi) はいとぅ いとぅ → (ryu) needle and string