🌏 Region(s): Shikoku (Tokushima: Awa), Kyushu (Kumamoto)
ぬくい【温い】 : nukui | define meaning
nukui
Definition
I-Adjective
- (Weather) Hot
Etymology
Cognate with Chugoku (Okayama) ぬきい nukii "warm"; Tokushima (Awa) and Kumamoto ぬくい nukui "hot"; Kagoshima ぬき nuki and ぬっか nukka; Amami (Koniya) ぬｸさﾑ nuksam "warm"; Kunigami (Kin) にこーん nikoon; Okinawan ぬくさん nukusan; standard Japanese ぬくい【温い】 nukui "lukewarm".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 温い |
| Kana | ぬくい |
| Romanization | nukui |
意味：あつい【暑い】
Categories:
温い
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, February 15). ぬくい【温い】 : nukui | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, March 15, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/1515/nukui/.