島しま唄うた

noun

traditional Okinawan folk music; island songs

Refers specifically to the folk music of Okinawa and the Amami Islands, often accompanied by sanshin and featuring distinctive scales.

• 沖おき縄なわの居い酒ざか屋やで島しま唄うたを聴きいた。

  I listened to Okinawan folk music at an izakaya in Okinawa.

• 彼かの女じょは三さん線しんを弾ひきながら島しま唄うたを歌うたった。

  She sang an island song while playing the sanshin.