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みにゃ【蜷・蝸螺】

minya

Pronunciation: [minʲa]

Definition

Noun

  1. Snail

Etymology

Cognate to Nagasaki and Amakusa (Kumamoto) 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.

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Kanji
蝸螺
Kanaみにゃ
Romanizationminya
Pronunciation (IPA)[minʲa]

意味:にながい【蜷貝】、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

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). みにゃ【蜷・蝸螺】 : minya | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 6, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/3641/minya/.