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ふなぐ【女子】 : funagu | define meaning
funagu
Pronunciation: [ɸunaɡu]
Definition
Noun
- Girl; woman
Etymology
Cognate to Okinawan ゐなぐ winagu "woman"; 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.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 女子 |
| Kana | ふなぐ |
| Romanization | funagu |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ɸunaɡu] |
意味：じょせい【女性】 、おなご【女子】、おんな【女】
Categories:
女子
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2022, October 1). ふなぐ【女子】 : funagu | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 3, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/330/funagu/.