🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
くるま【車】 : kuruma | define meaning
kuruma
Pronunciation: [kuɾuma]
Definition
Noun
- Car; vehicle; automobile
- Wagon; cart; carriage; chariot
- Wheel
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese くるま【車】 kuruma "car; cart; wheel".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Block. Kooroóma".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 車 |
| Kana | くるま |
| Romanization | kuruma |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [kuɾuma] |
意味：くるま【車】
Categories:
車
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, November 22). くるま【車】 : kuruma | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/7945/kuruma/.