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みみ【耳】

mimi

Pronunciation: [mimi]

Definition

Noun

  1. 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.)".

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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/.