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てぃん【天】 : tin | define meaning
tin
Pronunciation: [tiŋ̍]
Definition
Noun
- Sky; heaven; heavens; (archaic) welkin
Etymology
Attested as early as in the 1896 沖縄語典 Okinawagoten "Okinawan language dictionary" (p. 70), by Masayo Nakamoto, under the spelling てィん tin, and with the definitions 空 "sky", 造化天然自然 "the natural universe", and 天 "sky; heaven".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 天 |
| Kana | てぃん |
| New Okinawa Moji | 廒ん |
| Romanization | tin |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [tiŋ̍] |
意味：てん・あま【天】、そら【空】
Categories:
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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2013, May 1). てぃん【天】 : tin | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/744/tin/.