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🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はんた【端】

hanta

Pronunciation: [han̩ta]

Definition

Noun

  1. Edge; margin; side; bank
  2. (Especially) Edge of a cliff; cliff side; cliff face; cliff

Etymology

Likely cognate with standard Japanese はた【端】 hata "near, beside, side". Compare Okinawan かーらばんた【川端】 kaarabanta, Yaeyama (Taketomi) かーらはった kaarahatta, and standard Japanese かわばた【川端】 kawabata "riverbank".

意味:はし・はな・はた【端】、はしっこ【端っこ】、がけ【崖】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, September 9). はんた【端】 : hanta | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, September 19, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/6507/hanta/.