🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa: Shuri, Yoron, Amami)
わた【腸】 : wata | define meaning
wata
Pronunciation: [wata]
Definition
Noun
- Stomach; belly; abdomen
Etymology
Cognate with Miyako-Yaeyama ばた bata "stomach, belly"; Yonaguni ばだ bada; the Amami-Okinawan variant わたー wataa; and the standard word わた【腸】 wata meaning "guts, bowels", now considered archaic.
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Belly. Wátta" and "Belly, big. Wátta mágesa".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 腸 |
| Kana | わた |
| Romanization | wata |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [wata] |
意味：おなか【お仲・御仲・お腹・御腹】、はら【腹・肚】、わた【腸】
Categories:
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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, November 22). わた【腸】 : wata | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/113/wata/.