noun
Ryukyuan dialect word for a fisherman, especially in Okinawa. Used in local contexts and often carries cultural connotations of the sea and traditional fishing.
沖縄では、うみんちゅが朝早く漁に出る。
In Okinawa, fishermen go out to fish early in the morning.
Standard Japanese word for fisherman. 海人 is a dialectal equivalent used mainly in Okinawa.
Ryukyuan dialect word; the reading うみんちゅ is derived from 海 (umi, 'sea') + 人 (nchu, 'person' in Ryukyuan languages).