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てぃん【天】

tin

Pronunciation: [tiŋ̍]

Definition

Noun

  1. Sky; heaven; heavens; (archaic) welkin

Etymology

Attested as early as in the 1896 沖縄語典 Okinawagoten "Okinawan language dictionary" (p. 70), by Masayo Nakamoto, under the spelling てィん tin, and with the definitions 空 "sky", 造化天然自然 "the natural universe", and 天 "sky; heaven".

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OrthographyForm
Kanji
Kanaてぃん
廒ん
Romanizationtin
Pronunciation (IPA)[tiŋ̍]

意味:てん・あま【天】、そら【空】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2013, May 1). てぃん【天】 : tin | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 7, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/744/tin/.