🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin)
みなー【蜷・蝸螺】 : minaa | define meaning
minaa
Pronunciation: [minaː]
Definition
Noun
- Snail; pond 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.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 蜷 蝸螺 |
| Kana | みなー |
| Romanization | minaa |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [minaː] |
意味：たにし【田螺】、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
Categories:
蜷
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). みなー【蜷・蝸螺】 : minaa | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/3644/minaa/.