食むん

Kunigami

Kanji in this term
食
Grade: 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰamuŋ/

Verb

食(か)むん (khamun) 

1. to eat

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
食
か Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
咬むん 噛むん

Variant form	食ぬん

Etymology

Cognate to Japanese 噛む (kamu, “to bite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kamuŋ̍/

Verb

食(か)むん (kamun) transitive

1. to eat

   餅(むーちー)ぬ食(か)み欲(ぶ)さん。

   Mūchī-nu kamibusan.

   (I) want to eat mochi.

   物(むぬ)食(か)みーが。

   Munu kamīga.

   How about something to eat?

References

• “かむん【咬むん・噛むん】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.