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けしんめ

keshinme

Pronunciation: /kesiNme/ [keɕim̩me]

Definition

Noun

  1. Inside out; inverted; upside down

Etymology

Cognate to Gifu かーしま kaashima; Chugoku, Ehime and Kochi かいさま kaisama; Kumamoto (Amakusa) きゃーしんみゃー kyaashinmyaa and きゃーしんみゃ kyaashinmya; Kagoshima けしんめ keshinme; Miyazaki (Nishimorokata) かやしんめ kayashinme; Miyazaki かえしんめ kaeshinme and けえしんめに keeshinmeni; Amami (Shodon) けェーしま këëshima; Tokunoshima けェしま këshima; Okinoerabu and Okinawa (Torishima) へーしま heeshima; Okinawa (Shuri, Yomitan) けーしまー keeshimaa; Yaeyama (Hatoma) かいしまー kaishimaa; and Yonaguni きんまや kinmaya and きまや kimaya "inside out". Ultimately from かやし【返し】 kayashi "reversed, inverted" (standard Japanese かえし kaeshi), さま【様】 sama "way" and, for some, the dative-locative particle に ni (い i in most of Kyushu).

意味:うらがえし【裏返し】、さかさま【逆さま・逆様】、うらはら【裏腹】、うらおもて【裏表】、あべこべ

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けしんめ
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, January 29). けしんめ : keshinme | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, October 3, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/5443/keshinme/.