🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinoerabu, Yoron, Okinawa)
みじ【水】 : miji | define meaning
miji
Definition
Noun
- Water; cold water; fresh water
Etymology
Cognate to Amami (Setouchi) めィでぃ mïdi; Okinoerabu, Yoron and Okinawan みじ miji; Yonaguni みん min "water". Also cognate to Akita むぃづぃ mïdzï; Nagasaki (Gotou) and Kagoshima (Minamikyushu) みん min; Kagoshima みっ miq; and standard Japanese みず【水】 mizu "water". Historically attested under the spelling みづ【水】 midu in Japanese.
Historical attestations for Ryukyuan:
- Attested in the Konkoukenshuu (混効験集, 1711), "Words of the Royal Palace", under the spelling みづ midu (#2 p. 18).
Reconstructions:
- Most sources reconstruct *medu for proto-Ryukyuan, *midu for proto-Japanese and *medu for proto-Japonic.
Notes
みじ【水】 miji typically describes a colder source or body of water, whereas (Okinawan) っゆー【湯】 qyuu describes hot water.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 水 |
| Kana | みじ |
| Romanization | miji |
意味：みず【水】
Categories:
水
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, April 29). みじ【水】 : miji | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, November 1, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/60/miji/.