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もんも : monmo | define meaning
monmo
Pronunciation: [mom̩mo]
Definition
Noun
- (Babytalk) Water
Etymology
Possibly related to the dialectal Japanese word まんま【飯】 manma, meaning "cooked rice; meal", perceived as baby talk in the standard language. The latter is believed to have derived from a contraction of the reduplicated form of the adjective うまい umai "delicious, tasty" (Yonekawa, Akihiko. "World Around Us" Beyond Polite Japanese: A Dictionary of Japanese Slang and Colloquialisms. Japan: Kodansha International, 2001. 98. Print.).
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kana | もんも |
| Romanization | monmo |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [mom̩mo] |
意味：みず【水】
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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, March 16). もんも : monmo | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, October 22, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/1240/monmo/.