🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
あかがに【銅・赤金】 : akagani | define meaning
akagani
Pronunciation: [ʔakaɡani]
Definition
Noun
- Copper
Etymology
Cognate with Okinawan あくがに akugani and あかがに akagani; and standard Japanese あかがね【銅・赤金】 akagane "copper".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, 1795-1798 (1804), by William Robert Broughton, records "Kancee, Copper".
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo island in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Copper, Acoógannee".
- 沖縄語典 Okinawa goten (Okinawan language dictionary) (1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, records "「あかがに、あくがに」銅（アカガネ）".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 銅 赤金 |
| Kana | あかがに |
| Romanization | akagani |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ʔakaɡani] |
意味：あかがね【銅・赤金】
Categories:
銅
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, February 8). あかがに【銅・赤金】 : akagani | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, March 25, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/6861/akagani/.