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🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

ごーにじ

gooniji

Definition

Noun

  1. Rainbow

Etymology

Kumejima variants include ごーなじ goonaji, ごんなじ gonnaji, ごーにじ gooniji and おーなじゃー oonajaa. The term likely goes back to the honorific prefix 【御】 go- (variant お o-) and the noun にじ【虹】 niji "rainbow".

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Kanaごーにじ
Romanizationgooniji

意味:にじ【虹・霓】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2017, October 30). ごーにじ : gooniji | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 8, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/4361/gooniji/.