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なまり【鉛】

namari

Definition

Noun

  1. Lead (Pb)

Etymology

Cognate to Iwashi Island (Hiroshima) なまる namaru; Kagoshima なまい namai; Nakijin (Kunigami) なまーりー namaarii; Okinawan なまり namari and なまい namai; and standard Japanese なまり【鉛】 namari "lead".

Historically spelled 奈万利 *nama(n)ri. Possibly from the nominal form of the verb なまる【鈍る】 namaru "to become dull". Seemingly cognate to the Koguryo word for lead 【內勿・乃勿・那勿】: *nam¨ɔr (N. Tranter, 2012), *namwul (K.-M. Lee and S. R. Ramsey, 2011) or *nəymur ~ *namur (C. Beckwith, 2007). Possibly also connected to the modern Korean word 납 nap "lead".

Historical Ryukyuan attestations

  • 沖縄語典 Okinawa goten (Okinawan language dictionary) (1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, records "「なまり」鉛(ナマリ)".

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, January 19). なまり【鉛】 : namari | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 20, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/3321/namari/.