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ぐゎた・ぐぁた【腸】 : gwata | define meaning
gwata
Pronunciation: [ɡʷata]
Definition
Noun
- Stomach; belly; abdomen
Etymology
Cognate with Miyako-Yaeyama ばた bata "stomach, belly"; Yonaguni ばだ bada; the Amami-Okinawan variant わたー wataa; and the standard word わた【腸】 wata meaning "guts, bowels", now considered archaic.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 腸 |
| Kana | ぐゎた ぐぁた |
| New Okinawa Moji | 徭た |
| Romanization | gwata |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ɡʷata] |
意味：おなか【お仲・御仲・お腹・御腹】、はら【腹・肚】、わた【腸】
Categories:
腸
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, March 31). ぐゎた・ぐぁた【腸】 : gwata | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 22, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/5789/gwata/.