牛ぬ乳
Okinawan edit
Kanji in this term | |
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牛 | 乳 |
うし Grade: 2 |
ちー Grade: 6 |
kun’yomi |
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牛乳 |
Etymology edit
Compound of 牛 (ushi, “cow”) + ぬ (nu, possessive particle) + 乳 (chī, “milk”). Cognate with Japanese 牛の乳 (ushi no chichi, rare alternate reading ushi no chī, literally “cow's milk”), more commonly expressed in modern Japanese using the Chinese-derived term 牛乳 (gyūnyū).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
牛ぬ乳 (ushinuchī)
References edit
- “うしぬちー【牛ぬ乳・牛乳】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.