月ぬ光

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
月	光
ちち Grade: 1	ふぃちゃい Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 月の光 (tsuki no hikari).

From 月 (chichi, “moon”) +‎ ぬ (nu, genitive-possessive particle) +‎ 光 (fichai, “light”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡ɕit͡ɕi nu ɸit͡ɕai]

Noun

月ぬ光 (hiragana ちちぬふぃちゃい, rōmaji chichi nu fichai)

the moonlight (light or gleam of the moon)

References

“ちちぬふぃちゃい【月ぬ光】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

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