🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
ふに 【船】 : funi | define meaning
funi
Pronunciation: [ɸuni]
Definition
Noun
- Ship; boat
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese ふね 【船】 fune "ship, boat".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- おもろさうし Omoro Saushi (1531-1623) records "ふね", "ふなこ", "ふなはら", "おうね" and "みおうね".
- A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, 1795-1798 (1804), by William Robert Broughton, records "Hoonee, A ship".
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo island in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Ship, Hoónee".
- 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 "Ship (large). Ufubuny" and "Ship (small). Cubunee".
- Essay in Aid of a Grammmar and Dictionary of the Luchuan Language (1895), by Basil Hall Chamberlain, records "Huni, a vessel, a ship: huni is-sō, one ship; huni gwā, a small vessel, a boat; hunē-i, seasickness; hunē-i shung, to be seasick; huna-ukui, seeing off one who is leaving by ship; huni ga njitōng, the vessel has sailed. (Jap. fune.)"
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 船 |
| Kana | ふに |
| Romanization | funi |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ɸuni] |
意味：ふね 【船】
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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, February 8). ふに 【船】 : funi | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, March 25, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/6815/funi/.