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ざぬ : zanu | define meaning
zanu
Pronunciation: [d͡zanu]
Definition
Noun
- Dugong (sp. Dugong dugon)
- Mermaid
Etymology
Cognate with Kunigami (Oku) だん dan; Okinawa, Miyako (Ikema) and Tarama じゃん jan; Okinawa (Kudaka, Shuri, Uruma), Miyako (Hisamatsu) and Yaeyama (Hateruma, Hatoma, Kuroshima, Miyara, Kabira) ざん zan; Yaeyama (Aragusuku) ざぬ zanu; Yaeyama (Iriomote: Komi) and Yonaguni (Sonai) ざの zano; and Yonaguni (Sonai) ざーの zaano "dugong; mermaid". Possibly cognate with standard Japanese ぞう【象】 zou "elephant" (< Middle Chinese *zjangX).
Historical attestations
- Kenkyusha's New School Dictionary: (English-Japanese) (1890), published by Kenkyusha, records the form ざんのいを zan no iwo in the entry "Dugong 名《動》儒艮（じゅごん）、ざんのいを。【マライ語】".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kana | ざぬ |
| Romanization | zanu |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [d͡zanu] |
意味：じゅごん・ジュゴン【儒艮・儒良】
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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, March 29). ざぬ : zanu | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, November 1, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/5735/zanu/.