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っんま・ぅんま【馬】

qnma · 'nma

Pronunciation: [ʔm̩ma]

Definition

Noun

  1. Horse
    1. ふぃんぎっんま【ふぃんぎ
      fingi qnma
      "runaway horse"
    2. くやーっんまくやー馬】
      kuyaa qnma
      "wild horse"
    3. っゑんだっんま【っゑんだ
      qwenda qnma
      "gentle horse"
    4. ふぃんじゃにっんま【ふぃんじゃに
      finjani qnma
      "untamed horse"
    5. ぐまっんま【ぐま
      guma qnma
      "foal"
    6. っんまぐゎぐゎ】
      qnma gwa
      "small horse", "young horse", "foal"
    7. をぅーっんま【牡
      wuu qnma
      "male horse", "stallion"
    8. みーっんま【牝
      mii qnma
      "female horse", "mare"
    9. っんまからいちゅんから行ちゅん
      qnma kara ichun
      "to go by horse"
    10. っんまぬいん乗いん】
      qnma nuin
      "to ride a horse"

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese うま【馬】 uma "horse".

Historical attestations

  • Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo island in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Horse, Ma (Chinese)".
  • Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste: Along the Coast of Corea, to the Island of Lewchew, with an Account of Her Subsequent Shipwreck (1818), by John M'Leod, records "Horse. Mah".
  • 沖縄語典 Okinawa goten (Okinawan language dictionary) (1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, records "「うま」馬(ウマ)".

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji
Kanaっんま
ぅんま
望ま
Romanizationqnma
ʔnma
'nma
Pronunciation (IPA)[ʔm̩ma]

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, September 15). っんま・ぅんま【馬】 : qnma · 'nma | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 3, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/171/qnma-'nma/.