🌏 Region(s): Kyushu (Kagoshima: Tanegashima)
ほめく : homeku | define meaning
homeku
Pronunciation: [homeku]
Definition
Verb
- To be hot; to feel hot
Etymology
Cognate to Kumamoto ほめく homeku "to be humid"; Tanegashima ほなく honaku and ほめく homeku "to be hot"; and Okinawan ふみちゅん fumichun "to be muggy". Possibly from ほ【火】 ho- "fire; burning; heat" and めく meku "to show signs of". Compare ほてる【火照る】 hoteru "to feel hot" (from "fire; burning; heat" and "to shine").
Notes
Variant: ほなく honaku.
意味：あつい【暑い】、むす【蒸す】、ほてる【火照る】
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