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わやっ【枉惑】

wayaq · waya'

Definition

Noun

  1. Practical joke; prank; trick; teasing; mischief

Etymology

Cognate to Saga わやく wayaku "practical joke"; Kagoshima わやっ wayaq "practical joke"; and the now-archaic standard Japanese term おうわく【枉惑】 ouwaku "trickery", historically written わうわく wauwaku.

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OrthographyForm
Kanji枉惑
Kanaわやっ
Romanizationwayaq
wayaʔ
waya'

意味:いたずら【悪戯】、たわむれ【戯れ】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). わやっ【枉惑】 : wayaq · waya' | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 7, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/3809/wayaq-waya'/.