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ふくい【埃】

fukui

Pronunciation: [ɸukui]

Definition

Noun

  1. Dust

Etymology

Cognate to Kagoshima, Morokata (Miyazaki) and Nishiarita (Saga) ほこい hokoi; Okinawan ふくい fukui; and standard Japanese ほこり【埃】 hokori "dust".

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Kanji
Kanaふくい
Romanizationfukui
Pronunciation (IPA)[ɸukui]

意味:ほこり【埃】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). ふくい【埃】 : fukui | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, March 14, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/3862/fukui/.