みち【蜜】 : michi | define meaning
Region: Ryukyu (Okinawa)
michi [mit͡ɕi]
Definition
Noun
- Honey
- Nectar
Etymology
Cognate to Kagoshima みっ miq; Okinawan みち michi; and standard Japanese みつ【蜜】 mitsu "honey; nectar". Ultimately from Chinese 【蜜】 "honey" (cf. Mandarin mì; Cantonese mat6; Hakka me̍t; Min Dong mĭk; Hokkien bi̍t; Wu miq (T5); and Middle Chinese *mit), itself from Proto-Tocharian *ḿət(ə), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu "mead".
意味：みつ【蜜】、はなのみつ【花の蜜】
