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てぃー【手】 : tii | define meaning
tii
Pronunciation: [tiː]
Definition
Noun
- Hand; arm
Etymology
Attested as early as in the 1896 沖縄語典 Okinawagoten "Okinawan language dictionary" (p. 69), by Masayo Nakamoto, under the spelling てィ ti. Cognate to Amami てぃー tïï; Okinawan てぃー tii; and standard Japanese て【手】 te "hand; arm".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 手 |
| Kana | てぃー |
| Romanization | tii |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [tiː] |
意味：て【手】
Categories:
手
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). てぃー【手】 : tii | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/1704/tii/.