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はー【歯】 : haa | define meaning
haa
Pronunciation: [haː]
Definition
Noun
- Tooth, teeth
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese は【歯】 ha "tooth".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- おもろさうし Omoro Saushi (1531-1623) records "はくき" (歯茎).
- A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, 1795-1798 (1804), by William Robert Broughton, records "Haa, The teeth".
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo island in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Teeth. Há (an aspirate)".
- 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 "Teeth. Ha".
- Essay in Aid of a Grammmar and Dictionary of the Luchuan Language (1895), by Basil Hall Chamberlain, records "Hā, a tooth. (Jap. ha.)".
Notes
Contrasts ふぁー【葉】 faa "leaf".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 歯 |
| Kana | はー |
| Romanization | haa |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [haː] |
意味：は【歯】
Categories:
歯
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, January 23). はー【歯】 : haa | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, March 14, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/273/haa/.