🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
まゆ【眉】 : mayu | define meaning
mayu
Pronunciation: [maju]
Definition
Noun
- Eyebrow, eyebrows; eyebrow hair
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese まゆ【眉】 mayu "eyebrows".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, 1795-1798 (1804), by William Robert Broughton, records "Myo, the eye-brow".
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo island in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Eyebrows. Maí-oh".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 眉 |
| Kana | まゆ |
| Romanization | mayu |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [maju] |
意味：まゆ【眉】、まゆげ【眉毛】
Categories:
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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, December 24). まゆ【眉】 : mayu | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 23, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/6779/mayu/.