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ぬん【蚤】 : nun | define meaning
nun
Pronunciation: [nuŋ̍]
Definition
Noun
- (Insect) Flea, fleas
Etymology
Cognate to Kagawa のんぴん nonpin; Gotō (Nagasaki) のんぺ nonpe; Kagoshima のん non and ぬん nun; Kikai ぬみ numi; Okinawan ぬみ numi; Miyako ぬﾑ num; and standard Japanese のみ【蚤】 nomi "flea". Possibly derived from the nominal form of the verb のむ【飲む】 nomu, meaning "to drink; to take" as well as "to overwhelm" or, for some, of bimorphemic origin (e.g. のむ nomu + め me, a diminutive suffix).
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 蚤 |
| Kana | ぬん |
| Romanization | nun |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [nuŋ̍] |
意味：のみ・ノミ【蚤】
Categories:
蚤
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). ぬん【蚤】 : nun | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 6, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/4272/nun/.