琉球

First attested in 《隋書》 (636) as 流求 (MC ljuw gjuw). Further origin unknown.

琉球

1. Ryukyu, Ryūkyū (an archipelago of Japan)
2. (historical) Liuqiu, Lieuchieu (a legendary kingdom east of medieval China variously placed in Okinawa, Taiwan, or the Penghu Islands)
3. (～嶼) Liuqiu (an island of Pingtung County, Taiwan)

   Synonym: 小琉球 (Xiǎoliúqiú)

   • 八月十五彼一天，船要離開琉球港。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     八月十五彼一天，船要离开琉球港。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 陳一郎, 行船人的純情曲

     Poeh-goe̍h cha̍p-gō͘ hit chi̍t kang, chûn beh lī-khui Liû-khiû káng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     On August fifteenth, the boat will be leaving the harbour of Xiaoliuqiu Island.

4. (～鄉) Liuqiu (a township in Pingtung County, Taiwan)

Others:

• → Manchu: ᠯᡳᠣ
  ᡴᡳᠣ (lio kio)
• → Portuguese: leque

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 流求.

First attested to a text in roughly 835 CE.^[1]

• (Tokyo) りゅうきゅう [ryùúkyúꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲɨːkʲɨː]

• (Tokyo) Note: The word 琉球 is an exceptional word to の-particle deaccenting; its Nakadaka pronunciation of りゅうきゅう becomes flat with の and is then pronounced as:

• りゅうきゅうの
• Category:Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent deaccented before の (Tōkyō)

琉(りゅう)球(きゅう) • (Ryūkyū) ^{←りうきう (Riukiu)?}

1. Ryukyu
2. Liuqiu Island, Taiwan

• 琉球藍(リュウキュウアイ) (Ryūkyū ai)
• 琉(りゅう)球(きゅう)瘡(そう) (ryūkyū sō)

• (Kagoshima) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑukju/, /d͡ʑikju/, /d͡ʑiku/, /d͡ʑiki/

琉球(じゅきゅ) or 琉球(じきゅ) or 琉球(じく) or 琉球(ぢき) • (Jukyu or Jikyu or Jiku or Jiki) 

1. (Kagoshima) Ryukyu; Ryukyu Islands

• “じゅきゅ【琉球】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “じきゅ【琉球】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “じく【琉球】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “ぢき・じき【琉球】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

• (Iejima) IPA^(key): /rjuːtʃuː/
• (Nakijin) IPA^(key): /ruːtʃuː/

琉球(りゅーちゅー) or 琉球(るーちゅー) (Ryūchū or Rūchū) 

1. Ryukyu archipelago
2. Ryukyu Kingdom, an early modern kingdom in the Ryukyu archipelago

• IPA^(key): /ɾuːt͡ɕuː/, /duːt͡ɕuː/, /luːt͡ɕuː/

琉(るー)球(ちゅー) or 琉(どぅー)球(ちゅー) (Rūchū or Dūchū) 

1. Ryukyu, pertaining to the Ryukyu Islands or the former Ryukyu Kingdom

• “るーちゅー・どぅーちゅー【琉球】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “るーちゅー” in Okinawan Dictionary - KozaWeb.

琉球

1. chữ Hán form of lưu cầu (“jade-inlaid sword”)

琉球

1. chữ Hán form of Lưu Cầu (“Ryukyu”)