Japanese

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For pronunciation and definitions of はな – see the following entries.
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[noun] a flower
[noun] Short for 生け花 (ikebana): flower arrangement
[noun] Short for 花札 (hanafuda): Japanese playing cards
[noun] the best days of one's life
[noun] the best thing
[noun] essence
Alternative spelling
S
[proper noun] a female given name
[proper noun] a surname
H
[noun] nasal mucus
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[noun] nose
[noun] (elephant or elephant seal) trunk
[pronoun] first-person personal male pronoun; I, me
(This term, はな (hana), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as はな, see Category:Japanese kanji read as はな.)

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Okinawan

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Japonic *pana (flower).

Noun

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はな (hana

  1. : flower

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Japonic *pana (nose).

Noun

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はな (hana

  1. : nose

Yonaguni

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Japonic *pana (nose).

Pronunciation

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  • (Sonai) IPA(key): [hàná] (tone class A)

Noun

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はな (hana

  1. : nose
    はな かみ
    hana kami
    Blow your nose.
    Synonym: はなぶる (hanaburu)
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Japonic *pana (flower).

Pronunciation

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  • (Sonai) IPA(key): [hànà] (tone class B)

Noun

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はな (hana

  1. : flower
    うるむしってぃ ないか゚しや どぅゆ、 でぃく゚いか゚ きびさる つーはな あがはな さがん
    urumushitti nai'ngashiya duyu, di'ngui'nga kibisaru tsūhana agahana sagan
    When spring comes, the easter lilies and Indian coral trees make the pretty white (flowers) and crimson flowers bloom.
  2. (by extension) flowers for a Buddhist alter
    とぅぐぬ はなや からしや ならぬんど
    tugunu hanaya karashiya naranundo
    I cannot let those flowers (for the Buddhist priest) die.
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References

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  • Hōsei Daigaku Okinawa Bunka Kenkyūjo (法政大学沖縄文化研究所) (1987) “琉球の方言11巻:八重山・与那国島 [Ryukyuan Dialects 11: Yonaguni-jima, Yaeyama]”, in Ryūkyū no Hōgen (琉球の方言), volume 11, →DOI, pages 01-359
  • Yonaguni Hōgen Jiten Henshū I'inkai (与那国方言辞典編集委員会) (2021) どぅなんむぬい辞典 [Dunanmunui Dictionary], Yonaguni (与那国町): Yonaguni-chō Kyōiku I'inkai (与那国町教育委員会), page 257