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なんか【七日・7日】

nanka

Pronunciation: [naŋ̍ka]

Definition

Noun

  1. The seventh (day of the month)

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese なのか【七日】 nanoka and its rarer variant なぬか nanuka "the seventh". Attested in the Okinawan language dictionary (沖縄語典, 1896), by Masayo Nakamoto.

Notes

Now more commonly replaced by しちにち【七日】 shichinichi.

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Kanji七日
7日
Kanaなんか
Romanizationnanka
Pronunciation (IPA)[naŋ̍ka]

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, April 20). なんか【七日・7日】 : nanka | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 7, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/1579/nanka/.