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🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin)

なー【蜷・蝸螺】

naa

Pronunciation: [naː]

Definition

Noun

  1. Snail; pond snail

Etymology

Cognate to Nagasaki and Amakusa (Kumamoto) みな mina "snail"; Kagoshima びな bina "pond snail"; Kikai みにゃ minya and みや miya "snail"; Nakijin みなー minaa and なー naa "snail"; Ōgami /mmnɑ/; standard Japanese にな【蜷】 nina "marsh snail"; Old Japanese みな mina (cf. Wamyō ruijushō, 938 CE). Also related to Amakusa (Kumamoto) and Kagoshima たみな tamina "pond snail"; Tokunoshima たみな tamina, たんみゃ tanmya and たんにゃ tannya "snail"; Nakijin たんなー tannaa "pond snail"; and Okinawan たーんな taanna "pond snail; mud snail" (< *ta-mina 【田蜷】). Other derived terms include 蜷貝, 川蜷, 海蜷, 磯蜷, 蜷田 and 三角蜷.

意味:たにし【田螺】、にながい【蜷貝】、まきがい【巻貝・巻き貝】、かたつむり・カタツムリ【蝸牛】、まいまい【舞舞・舞々】、でんでんむし【でんでん虫】、かぎゅう

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