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っわー・うゎー・ぅわー【豚・豕】

qwaa · 'waa

Pronunciation: [ʔwaː]

Definition

Noun

  1. Pig, swine, hog

Etymology

Cognate to Yoron っわー qwaa; Tokunoshima and Okinawan っわー qwaa; Miyako わー waa and ゔぁー vaa; Yaeyama おー oo "pig"; and Yonaguni わー waa.

Although unrelated to standard Japanese ぶた【豚】 buta "pig; swine; hog", the 1818 Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo island in the Japan Sea, by Herbert John Clifford, records the term boóta (búta) "pig".

意味:ぶた【豚・豕】

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