🌏 Region(s): Chugoku (Hiroshima: Iwashijima, Tottori)
ぬしと【盗人】 : nushito | define meaning
nushito
Definition
Noun
- 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".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 盗人 |
| Kana | ぬしと |
| Romanization | nushito |
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】
Categories:
盗人
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). ぬしと【盗人】 : nushito | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, October 22, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/3399/nushito/.