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わたー【腸】

wataa

Definition

Noun

  1. Stomach; belly; abdomen

Etymology

Cognate with Miyako-Yaeyama ばた bata "stomach, belly"; Yonaguni ばだ bada; the Amami-Okinawan variant わた wata; and the standard word わた【腸】 wata meaning "guts, bowels", now considered archaic.

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Romanizationwataa

意味:おなか【お仲・御仲・お腹・御腹】、はら【腹・肚】、わた【腸】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). わたー【腸】 : wataa | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 7, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/114/wataa/.