🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
みみ【耳】 : mimi | define meaning
mimi
Pronunciation: [mimi]
Definition
Noun
- Ear
Etymology
Cognate with Kagoshima みん min and standard Japanese みみ【耳】 mimi "ear".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, 1795-1798 (1804), by William Robert Broughton, records "Meemee, The ear".
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo island in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Ear. Mímmee".
- Essay in Aid of a Grammmar and Dictionary of the Luchuan Language (1895), by Basil Hall Chamberlain, records "Mimi, the ear. (Jap. mimi.)".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 耳 |
| Kana | みみ |
| Romanization | mimi |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [mimi] |
意味：みみ【耳】
Categories:
耳
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, December 24). みみ【耳】 : mimi | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, April 18, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/4789/mimi/.