🌏 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", "Belly, big. Wátta mágesa" and "Foot, the sole of the. Shánna watta (lit. belly of the foot)".
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:
腸
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, December 30). わた【腸】 : wata | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, February 4, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/113/wata/.