Okinawan edit

Etymology edit

A recent coinage in Okinawan;[1] presumably a borrowing from Japanese ゴム (gomu, gum), from Dutch gom (gum).[2]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡumu/
    Pitch accent 0.

Noun edit

グム (gumu

  1. gum
    グムかなーし()さん
    Gumu kanāshi busan.
    I want to chew gum.

References edit

  1. ^ 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”)[1], 1963
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN