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うぬ【己ぬ】 : unu | define meaning
unu
Pronunciation: [unu]
Definition
Adnominal Demonstrative
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Medial adnominal demonstrative used to indicate or recall something or someone distant to the speaker, but near or familiar to the listener: "That ~ "
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うぬきー【うぬ木】
unu kii
"That tree right there" -
うぬてぃ【うぬ手】
unuti
(lit.) "That hand" (fig.) "That way", "In that manner", "that kind (of)", "that type" -
うぬまま【うぬ儘】
unumama
"As it is", "The way it is", "Like that"
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うぬきー【うぬ木】
Etymology
Cognate to Okinawan うぬ unu; Yuwan Amami うん un; and Hachijō うの uno "that". Related to the defective standard Japanese root おの【己】ono-, roughly meaning "oneself", "I", or "you", as in the pronouns おのれ【己】 onore and おのが【己が】onoga among others.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
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| Kanji | 己ぬ |
| Kana | うぬ |
| Romanization | unu |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [unu] |
意味：その【其の】、それ【其れ】
Categories:
己ぬ
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). うぬ【己ぬ】 : unu | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 6, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/264/unu/.