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いぃなぐ・ゐなぐ【女子】 : yinagu | define meaning
yinagu
Pronunciation: [jinaɡu]
Definition
Noun
- Woman; girl
Etymology
Cognate to Yoron ふなぐ funagu; Okinawan ゐなぐ winagu; and standard Japanese おなご【女子】 onago "girl; woman", historically をみなご wominago and later をんなご wonnago. Ultimately derived from をみな womina "woman" and the rendaku form of the diminutive suffix こ【子】 -ko.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 女子 |
| Kana | いぃなぐ ゐなぐ |
| Romanization | yinagu |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [jinaɡu] |
意味：おんな【女】、おなご【女子】
Categories:
女子
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2019, October 15). いぃなぐ・ゐなぐ【女子】 : yinagu | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, April 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/1699/yinagu/.