小ぐゎー

suffix

small; little; dear

Ryukyuan dialect suffix attached to names or nouns to express smallness, endearment, or familiarity. Not standard Japanese; used in Okinawan-influenced speech.

• 沖おき縄なわでは、子こどもの名な前まえに「ぐゎー」を付つけて呼よぶことがある。

  In Okinawa, people sometimes attach 'gwaa' to children's names when calling them.

• 「ねこぐゎー」は小ちいさな猫ねこを指さす方ほう言げん表ひょう現げんだ。

  'Nekogwaa' is a dialect expression for a small cat.