While researching Nicotiana knightiana, I came across this Dictionary of Murago, the Local Word of Sagara Village in Shizuoka Prefecture. This dictionary is compiled by Yasuhisa Amai. This is one of those labors of love that demonstrates the power of self-publication on the internet.
"It is the list of the local words which is spoken in Sagara Villge and Omaezaki Village, Haibara County, Shizuoka Prefecture. the underlined parts are the points of accent. They are written in the Hepburn Spelling and use "h" instead of long tone marks."
Most of the explanation (hiragana pronunciation, romaji pronunciation, part of speech, Japanese equivalent) is in Japanese, but the reading and a short definition of each is included in English.
Posted by M Sinclair Stevens
March 17, 2002
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imoneh. An woman who lives in a farming village and is not dressed smartly. Imoneh means sweet potato girl, and sweet potato was cultivated widely in our villages.