🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
ふぃじ 【髭】 : fiji | define meaning
fiji
Pronunciation: [ɸid͡ʑi]
Definition
Noun
- Facial hair; mustache; moustache; beard
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese ひげ【髭・鬚・髯】 hige "mustache, beard".
Historical attestations
- 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 "Beard. Figoo".
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Beard. Feéjee" and "Beardless. Feéjee nashee".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 髭 |
| Kana | ふぃじ |
| New Okinawa Moji | 懲じ |
| Romanization | fiji |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ɸid͡ʑi] |
意味：ひげ【髭・鬚・髯】
Categories:
髭
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, November 9). ふぃじ 【髭】 : fiji | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/6761/fiji/.