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てぃぐるま【手車・輦】 : tiguruma | define meaning

tiguruma

Pronunciation: [tiɡuɾuma]

Definition

Noun

Handcart; hand cart

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Japanese てぐるま【手車・輦・輦車】 teguruma "handcart".

Historical Ryukyuan attestations

沖縄語典 Okinawa goten (Okinawan language dictionary) (1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, records "「てィぐるま」輦（テグルマ）、屋形車ノ輪ナクシテ人ノ舁き行クモノ".

Spelling

Orthography	Form
Kanji	手車輦
Kana	てぃぐるま
New Okinawa Moji	廒ぐるま
Romanization	tiguruma
Pronunciation (IPA)	[tiɡuɾuma]

意味：てぐるま【手車・輦・輦車】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2026, May 22). てぃぐるま【手車・輦】 : tiguruma | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, June 3, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/8714/tiguruma/.