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ぬいど【盗人】

nuido

Definition

Noun

  1. Thief

Etymology

Cognate to Tottori ぬしと nushito; Niigata and Takajima (Nagasaki) のすっと nosutto; Amakusa (Kumamoto) ぬすど nusudo and ぬすっと nusutto; Kagoshima ぬすと nusutoぬしと nushito and ぬいど nuido; Kagoshima and Tokunoshima ぬしど nushido; Okinawan ぬすどぅ nusudu and ぬする nusuru; and standard Japanese ぬすびと【盗人】 nusubito, ぬすっと nusutto and ぬすと nusuto "thief". Ultimately a compound of ぬすむ【盗む・偸む】 nusumu "to steal" and ひと【人】 hito "person".

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OrthographyForm
Kanji盗人
Kanaぬいど
Romanizationnuido

意味:ぬすびと・ぬすっと・ぬすと【盗人】、どろぼう【泥棒・泥坊】、とうぞく【盗賊】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). ぬいど【盗人】 : nuido | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, October 12, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/3288/nuido/.