X
🔧

Settings

Search type

Word search: Languages

Word search: Databases

🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)

そーじむやー

soojimuyaa

Pronunciation: [soːd͡ʑimuːjaː]

Definition

Noun

  1. Newt
  2. (Especially) Sword-tailed newt (Cynops ensicauda sp.); Anderson's crocodile newt (Echinotriton andersoni sp.)

Etymology

Cognate with Kunigami (Oku) っとーしんぶーらー ttooshinbuuraa; Kunigami (Benoki) そーりむやー soorimuyaa; Okinawan (Shuri) そーじむやー soojimuyaa; Okinawan (Akajima) すーじむやー suujimuyaa "newt".

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanaそーじむやー
Romanizationsoojimuyaa
Pronunciation (IPA)[soːd͡ʑimuːjaː]

意味:いもり・イモリ【井守】、シリケンイモリ、オキナワシリケンイモリ、イボイモリ

+ amend/report

Categories:

そーじむやー
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, November 15). そーじむやー : soojimuyaa | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, February 12, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/4083/soojimuyaa/.