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たみな【田蜷】 : tamina | define meaning

tamina

Pronunciation: /tamina/ [tamina]

Definition

Noun

Pond snail

Etymology

Cognate with 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". Ultimately a compound of た【田】 ta "rice field" and みな【蜷】 mina "snail".

Spelling

Orthography	Form
Kanji	田蜷
Kana	たみな
Romanization	tamina
Pronunciation (IPA)	/tamina/ [tamina]

意味：たにし【田螺】

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田蜷

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, November 24). たみな【田蜷】 : tamina | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/3646/tamina/.