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うぬ【己ぬ】 : unu | define meaning
unu
Pronunciation: [ʔunu]
Definition
Adnominal Demonstrative
- Medial adnominal demonstrative used to indicate or recall something or someone distant to the speaker, but near or familiar to the listener: "That ~ "
Etymology
Cognate to Yonaguni うぬ unu; Okinawan うぬ unu; Yuwan Amami うん un; Hachijō うの uno "that ~". Related to the defective standard Japanese root おの【己】ono-, roughly meaning "oneself", "I", or "you", as in the pronouns おのれ【己】 onore and おのが【己が】onoga among others.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 己ぬ |
| Kana | うぬ |
| Romanization | unu |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ʔunu] |
意味：その【其の】
Categories:
己ぬ
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). うぬ【己ぬ】 : unu | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 3, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/1024/unu/.