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っんむ【芋】 : qnmu · 'nmu | define meaning

qnmu · 'nmu

Pronunciation: [ʔm̩mu]

Definition

Noun

Potato; sweet potato; taro; tuber
1. とーっんむ【唐芋】
  tooqnmu · too'nmu
  "Chinese potato", "Sweet potato"
2. きーっんむ【木芋】
  kiiqnmu · kii'nmu
  "Cassava plant", "Tapioca plant" (lit. "tree potato")
3. たーんむ・たーむ【田芋】
  taanmu · taamu
  "A shallow field of water in which taro or potatoes are grown"

Etymology

Attested under the spellings moo (mu) and moóndee (múndi) "potatoes, sweet" in the 1818 Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo island in the Japan Sea, by Herbert John Clifford. Cognate to standard Japanese いも【芋】 imo.

Spelling

Orthography	Form
Kanji	芋
Kana	っんむ
New Okinawa Moji	望む
Romanization	qnmu ʔnmu 'nmu
Pronunciation (IPA)	[ʔm̩mu]

意味：いも【芋】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2022, August 14). っんむ【芋】 : qnmu · 'nmu | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, October 7, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/78/qnmu-'nmu/.