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をぅなぐ【女子】

wunagu

Pronunciation: [wunaɡu]

Definition

Noun

  1. Woman; girl

Etymology

Cognate to Yoron ふなぐ funagu; Okinawan ゐなぐ winagu; and standard Japanese おなご【女子】 onago "girl; woman", historically をみなご wominago and later をんなご wonnago. Ultimately derived from をみな womina "woman" and the rendaku form of the diminutive suffix こ【子】 -ko.

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OrthographyForm
Kanji女子
Kanaをぅなぐ
Romanizationwunagu
Pronunciation (IPA)[wunaɡu]

意味:おんな【女】、おなご【女子】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2019, October 15). をぅなぐ【女子】 : wunagu | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 3, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/1715/wunagu/.