🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
とぅまい【泊】 : tumai | define meaning
tumai
Pronunciation: [tumai]
Definition
Name
- (Place) Tomari, a neighborhood in Naha and historically a village
Etymology
Borrowed into Japanese as とまり【泊】 tomari "Tomari".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- おもろさうし Omoro Saushi (1531-1623) records "なはとまり".
- 混効験集 Konkoukenshuu (1711), "Words of the Royal Palace", records "「泊地頭」 那覇里主" and "なはとまり".
- Commodore Perry's Expedition to Japan (1853), in The Ladies' Garland and Dollar Magazine (1848), Volume 13, by Samuel D. Patterson, records "[...] at the village of Tumai, on the outskirts of Napa, at about two miles from Sheudi [...]".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 泊 |
| Kana | とぅまい |
| New Okinawa Moji | 婢まい |
| Romanization | tumai |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [tumai] |
意味：とまり【泊】
Categories:
泊
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, January 22). とぅまい【泊】 : tumai | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, March 14, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/6814/tumai/.