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ぬんめ【蚤】

nunme

Pronunciation: [num̩me]

Definition

Noun

  1. Flea; fleas

Etymology

Cognate to Kagawa のんぴん nonpin; Gotō (Nagasaki) のんぺ nonpe; Kagoshima のん non and ぬん nun; Kikai ぬみ numi; Okinawan ぬみ numi; Miyako ぬん num; and standard Japanese のみ【蚤】 nomi "flea". Possibly derived from the nominal form of the verb のむ【飲む】 nomu, meaning "to drink; to take" as well as "to overwhelm" or, for some, of bimorphemic origin (e.g. のむ nomu + め me, a diminutive suffix).

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Kanji
Kanaぬんめ
Romanizationnunme
Pronunciation (IPA)[num̩me]

意味:のみ・ノミ【蚤】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). ぬんめ【蚤】 : nunme | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 8, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/4714/nunme/.