うな

Hachijō

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 己 (ono, unu, second person pronoun).

Pronoun

うな (una) 

  1. you (only used to subordinates or being rude)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
項

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟na̠]

Prefix

うな • (una-) ←うな (una-)?

  1. of the neck or nape[1]
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alternative form of 己 (ono, unu, second person pronoun).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟na̠]

Pronoun

うな • (una) 

  1. (dialect) a second person pronoun:
    1. (Tōhoku, Tochigi, Niigata, Nagano, Mie, Kyūshū) you (only used to subordinates or being rude)
      Synonym: お前 (omae, standard)
    2. (Kōzushima) you (formal)
      Synonym: あなた (anata, standard)

See also

  • 己 (onore, ono, unu)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of うな – see the following entry.
【海】2
[prefix] of the sea, of the ocean
(This term, うな (una), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as うな, see Category:Japanese kanji read as うな.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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