岩屋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
岩	屋
いわ Grade: 2	や Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
石屋 窟

Etymology

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *Epaya. Cognate with Yaeyama 岩屋 (īzā), Yonaguni 岩屋 (daya).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いわや [ìwáyá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [iɰᵝa̠ja̠]

Noun

岩(いわ)屋(や) • (iwaya) ^{←いはや (ifaya)?}

1. a cave
2. a cavern