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Okinawan, n. and a.|əʊkɪˈnɑːwən, ɒk-|
[f. the place-name Okinawa, f. Jap. okinawa, lit. ‘rope on the sea’: see -an.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of the Okinawa Islands, esp. of Okinawa, the largest of the Ryukyu (Nansei) group south-west of Japan; also, the dialect of Japanese spoken there.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Okinawa or the Okinawa Islands, to its people or its language.
1944Civil Affairs Handbk.: Ryukyu Islands (U.S. Navy Dept.) xiv. 44 These phonetic differences impart a characteristic accent to Japanese as spoken by Okinawans. 1945N.Y. Times 3 Apr. 3/1 Hundreds of kimono-clad Okinawans who fled to the hills with the first shells of the American pre-invasion bombardment are now streaming into our lines. 1945Ibid. 5 Apr. 3/1 Dozens of enterprising GI's..saddled small, shaggy-maned Okinawan ponies with their gear. 1947Sci. Monthly Mar. 235/2 Since the dawn of recorded history the Okinawans, although nominally independent, were influenced by both China and Japan and at times paid allegiance and tribute to both. At one time Okinawan sailing vessels carried on widespread commerce with the Asiatic mainland and the islands of the Western and Southwestern Pacific. 1955C. J. Glacken Great Loochoo 3 The most significant characteristic of Okinawan culture is the family system. Ibid. viii. 166 This fish is caught with the aid of a homemade triangular wire device (yamaguchi in Okinawan). 1960B. Leach Potter in Japan iii. 72 About seventy relatives, Okinawans and members of the Japanese Craft Society assembled. Ibid. 73 Two Okinawan scholars spoke next. 1964Listener 24 Sept. 473/1 Brando..has appeared in comedy before—as the Okinawan Sakini in The Teahouse of the August Moon. 1966P. S. Buck People of Japan (1968) xiv. 176 Okinawans wish once again to become part of Japan. 1973C. L. Hogg Okinawa 13 Take the very name of the island... Okinawans have always called it Uchina, but no one else has ever paid the slightest attention to what Okinawans call their island... Okinawa, the name bestowed on Uchina by the Japanese, may be translated ‘rope in the offing’. 1973Guardian 24 May 4/4 More than half of Okinawans dislike Americans, because of their offensive behaviour. Ibid. 4/6 Two Okinawan women waiting at a bus stop were killed by a drunken American driver. |