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まくら

Japanese edit

Alternative spelling
枕
 
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Etymology edit

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *makura.

Cognates

Cognate with Proto-Ryukyuan *makura, whence Kikai 枕 (makka), Kunigami 枕 (makkā), Miyako 枕 (maffa), Northern Amami-Oshima 枕 (makura), Okinawan 枕 (makkwa), Oki-No-Erabu 枕 (makura), Southern Amami-Oshima 枕 (makra), Toku-No-Shima 枕 (makkwa), Yaeyama 枕 (maffa), Yonaguni 枕 (magura), and Yoron 枕 (makkura).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

まくら • (makura) 

  1. 枕: pillow

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ “枕”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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