Okinawan
Speech parts
1. Okinawan - Noun
2. Okinawan - Adjective
3. Okinawan - Proper noun
Meaning
From Okinawa.
Of Okinawan descent.
Okinawan (plural Okinawans)
A person from Okinawa.
Okinawan
A Ryukyuan language of Okinawa.
Synonyms
Phrases with the word
Examples
'The Karate Kid' was just lightning in a bottle. The second movie is a very worthy sequel, because you got to explore the Okinawan culture and learned about Miyagi's life. The third, as is always the case, was made because the second one made a lot of money.
7,401 soldiers and 3,400 Okinawan conscripts surrendered or were captured during the battle.
Funakoshi had trained in two of the popular branches of Okinawan karate of the time, Shorin-ryū and Shōrei-ryū.
Chinese nunchaku tend to be rounded, whereas the Okinawan version has an octagonal cross-section (allowing one edge of the nunchaku to make contact with the target, increasing the damage inflicted).
According to the company, the aim is to contribute to passing traditional Okinawan food culture down the generations.
Although obsolete in modern Japanese, the digraphs くゎ (/kwa/) and くゐ/くうぃ(/kwi/), are still used in certain Okinawan orthographies.