ウンマ

Ainu

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 馬 (uma). The geminate nasal may reflect an emphasized nasal in older Japanese pronunciation; see the etymology at Japanese 馬 for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /úmꜜmà/

Noun

ウンマ (Latin spelling umma)

1. horse

Further reading

• John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎^[1], Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 475