🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
てぃんま【伝馬船】 : tinma | define meaning
tinma
Pronunciation: [tim̩ma]
Definition
Noun
- Small sailing ship; cutter boat
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese てんま【伝馬】 tenma "small sailing ship".
Historical attestations
- A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, 1795-1798 (1804), by William Robert Broughton, records "Timma, A boat".
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo island in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Boat. Tímma, or Sabánne", "Go, in a boat. Timma ki eéchoong" and "A man running to the boat. Háyay tímma ic'kkeega".
- 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 "Boat with Sails. Tima".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 伝馬船 |
| Kana | てぃんま |
| New Okinawa Moji | 廒んま |
| Romanization | tinma |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [tim̩ma] |
意味：てんません【伝馬船】
Categories:
伝馬船
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, December 24). てぃんま【伝馬船】 : tinma | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 23, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/6764/tinma/.