🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
っんむ【芋】 : qnmu · 'nmu | define meaning
qnmu · 'nmu
Pronunciation: [ʔm̩mu]
Definition
Noun
- Potato; sweet potato; taro; tuber
- とーっんむ【唐芋】
tooqnmu · too'nmu
"Chinese potato", "Sweet potato" - きーっんむ【木芋】
kiiqnmu · kii'nmu
"Cassava plant", "Tapioca plant" (lit. "tree potato") - たーんむ・たーむ【田芋】
taanmu · taamu
"A shallow field of water in which taro or potatoes are grown"
- とーっんむ【唐芋】
Etymology
Attested under the spellings moo (mu) and moóndee (múndi) "potatoes, sweet" in the 1818 Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo island in the Japan Sea, by Herbert John Clifford. Cognate to standard Japanese いも【芋】 imo.
意味：いも【芋】