宮古

Chinese

		palace; uterus	ancient; old
trad. (宮古)		宮	古
simp. (宫古)		宫	古

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 宮古 (Miyako).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gōnggǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ gu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gōnggǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gonggǔ
    • Wade–Giles: Kung¹-ku³
    • Yale: Gūng-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gongguu
    • Palladius: Гунгу (Gungu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ gu²
    • Yale: gūng gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ kuː³⁵/

Proper noun

宮古

1. (～市) Miyako (a city in Iwate Prefecture, Japan)

Derived terms

• 宮古島／宫古岛 (Gōnggǔdǎo)
• 宮古語／宫古语

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宮	古
みや Grade: 3	こ Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲija̠ko̞]

Proper noun

宮(みや)古(こ) • (Miyako) 

1. Miyako (a city in Iwate Prefecture, Japan)

Derived terms

• 宮古路(みやこじ) (miyakoji)
• 宮古路節(みやこじぶし) (miyakojibushi), 都路節(みやこじぶし) (miyakojibushi)

See also

• 宮古語(みやこご) (Miyakogo, “Miyako language”)
• 宮古島(みやこじま) (Miyakojima, “Miyako Island; Miyakojima, Okinawa”)
• 宮古翡翠(みやこしょうびん) (miyakoshōbin, a type of bird)
• 宮古上布(みやこじょうふ) (miyakojōfu)
• 宮古諸島(みやこしょとう) (Miyakoshotō, “Miyako Islands”)

Miyako

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
宮	古
Grade: 3	Grade: 2

From Proto-Ryukyuan *miyako.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjaːku/

Proper noun

宮古(みゃーく) (Myāku) 

1. Miyako

Derived terms

• 宮古口

 

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
宮	古
Grade: 3	Grade: 2

Monophthongization of the form above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [meːku]

Proper noun

宮古(めーく) (Mēku) 

1. (Tarama, Minna, dialect) Miyako

References

• “めーく【宮古】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
宮	古
Grade: 3	Grade: 2

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *miyako.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naːku/

Proper noun

宮古(なーく) (Nāku) 

1. Miyako

Derived terms

• 宮古(なーく)口(ぐち) (Nākuguchi, “Miyako language”)

 

Yaeyama

Kanji in this term
宮	古
Grade: 3	Grade: 2

Etymology 1

From Proto-Ryukyuan *miyako.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːku/

Proper noun

宮古(めーく) (Mēku) 

1. (Ishigaki, Kuroshima, Taketomi) Miyako

Derived terms

• 宮古物言

 

Etymology 2

Voicing of the above form.

Pronunciation

• (Hateruma) IPA^(key): /mjaːɡu/

Proper noun

宮古(みゃーぐ) (Myāgu) 

1. (Hateruma) Miyako