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にこーん【温こーん】

nikoon

Pronunciation: [nikoːŋ̍]

Definition

Sa-Adjective

  1. Warm; mild

Etymology

Cognate with Chugoku (Okayama) ぬきい nukii "warm"; Tokushima (Awa) and Kumamoto ぬくい nukui "hot"; Kagoshima ぬき nuki and ぬっか nukka; Amami (Koniya) ぬクさム nuksam "warm"; Kunigami (Kin) にこーん nikoon; Okinawan ぬくさん nukusan; standard Japanese ぬくい【温い】 nukui "lukewarm".

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Kanji温こーん
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Romanizationnikoon
Pronunciation (IPA)[nikoːŋ̍]

意味:あたたかい・あったかい【暖かい・温かい・暖い】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, October 5). にこーん【温こーん】 : nikoon | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, March 13, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/6538/nikoon/.