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ゆお【魚】

yuo

Pronunciation: [juo]

Definition

Noun

  1. Fish

Etymology

Cognate to the outdated Japanese word うお uo or いお io "fish"; the Kagoshima variants いよ iyo, and いお io; Kikai いゆ iyu, いう iu and ゆ yu; Yoron っゆーqyuu; Okinawan いう iu and いゆ iyu; and Yonaguni いゆ iyu. Ultimately derived from Chinese (c.f. Mandarin , Cantonese , Vietnamese ngư~ngớ, Korean eo, and Middle Chinese *ngiu).

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Kanji
Kanaゆお
Romanizationyuo
Pronunciation (IPA)[juo]

意味:さかな【魚】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). ゆお【魚】 : yuo | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 6, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/14/yuo/.