🌏 Region(s): Kyushu (Kagoshima, Kagoshima: Tanegashima, Kumamoto: Amakusa, Nagasaki: Gotou)
みな【蜷・蝸螺】 : mina | define meaning
mina
Pronunciation: [mina]
Definition
Noun
- Snail
Etymology
Cognate to Nagasaki, Amakusa (Kumamoto), Kagoshima and Tanegashima みな mina "snail"; Kagoshima びな bina "pond snail"; Kikai みにゃ minya and みや miya "snail"; Nakijin みなー minaa and なー naa "snail"; Ōgami /mmnɑ/; standard Japanese にな【蜷】 nina "marsh snail"; Old Japanese みな mina (cf. Wamyō ruijushō, 938 CE). Also related to Amakusa (Kumamoto) and Kagoshima たみな tamina "pond snail"; Tokunoshima たみな tamina, たんみゃ tanmya and たんにゃ tannya "snail"; Nakijin たんなー tannaa "pond snail"; and Okinawan たーんな taanna "pond snail; mud snail" (< *ta-mina 【田蜷】). Other derived terms include 蜷貝, 川蜷, 海蜷, 磯蜷, 蜷田 and 三角蜷.
Spelling
Orthography | Form |
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Kanji | 蜷 蝸螺 |
Kana | みな |
Romanization | mina |
Pronunciation (IPA) | [mina] |
意味:まきがい【巻貝・巻き貝】、かたつむり・カタツムリ【蝸牛】、まいまい【舞舞・舞々】、でんでんむし【でんでん虫】、かぎゅう