あたま

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of あたま – see the following entry.
【頭】2
[noun] head (body part)
[noun] (anatomy, archaic, possibly obsolete) the fontanelle part of the skull
(This term, あたま (atama), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as あたま, see Category:Japanese kanji read as あたま.)

Yonaguni

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 頭 (atama). The lack of attestations in other Ryukyuan languages suggest a loanword from Japanese.

Pronunciation

  • (Sonai) IPA(key): [átámá]

Noun

あたま (atama) 

  1. a leader of a village

References

  • Ikema, Nae (池間苗) (2003) 与那国語辞典 [Yonaguni Language Dictionary], Yonaguni: private publication, →OCLC, page 111
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