ヤマトンチュ

noun

Japanese mainlander

Ryukyuan dialect word used in Okinawa and surrounding islands to refer to people from mainland Japan. Often carries a slightly informal or insider tone.

• 沖おき縄なわでは、本ほん土どから来きた人ひとをヤマトンチュと呼よぶことがある。

  In Okinawa, people from the mainland are sometimes called Yamatonchu.