しまくとぅば – Vocabulary details

しまくとぅば

Noun

Usually written in kana

Ryūkyū-ben

1. mother tongue (from the island where one was raised)

2. Okinawan neologism (developed by the language revival movement)

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とぅば

island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

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