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🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みち【蜜】

michi

Pronunciation: [mit͡ɕi]

Definition

Noun

  1. Honey
  2. Nectar

Etymology

Cognate to Kagoshima みっ miq; Okinawan みち michi; and standard Japanese みつ【蜜】 mitsu "honey; nectar". Ultimately from Chinese 【蜜】 "honey" (cf. Mandarin ; Cantonese mat6; Hakka me̍t; Min Dong mĭk; Hokkien bi̍t; Wu miq (T5); and Middle Chinese *mit), itself from Proto-Tocharian *ḿət(ə), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu ‎"mead".

意味:みつ【蜜】、はなのみつ【花の蜜】

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