🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa: Shuri, Okinawa: Kumejima)
はな【鼻】 : hana | define meaning
hana
Pronunciation: [hana]
Definition
Noun
- Nose
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese はな【鼻】 hana "nose".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, 1795-1798 (1804), by William Robert Broughton, records "Hanna, The nose".
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo island in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Nose. Hónna".
- Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste: Along the Coast of Corea, to the Island of Lewchew, with an Account of Her Subsequent Shipwreck (1818), by John M'Leod, records "Nose. Hana".
- Essay in Aid of a Grammmar and Dictionary of the Luchuan Language (1895), by Basil Hall Chamberlain, records "Hana, the nose: hana-gī, hairs in the nose. (Jap. hana.)".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 鼻 |
| Kana | はな |
| Romanization | hana |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [hana] |
意味：はな【鼻】
Categories:
鼻
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, December 24). はな【鼻】 : hana | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 20, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/4631/hana/.