うむ

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of うむ – see the following entries.
【有無】
[noun] existence, presence or absence
【生む】
[verb] to give birth to; to bear (a child); (of eggs) to lay; (of fish) to spawn
[verb] to produce (something)
Alternative spelling
産む
【産む】
[verb] alternative spelling of 生む (“to give birth; to bear”)
【倦む】
[verb] get tired of, lose interest in
【膿む】
[verb] [from 828] to fester, to suppurate, to pustulate
(This term, うむ (umu), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as うむ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as うむ.)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Interjection

うむ • (umu) 

  1. synonym of うん

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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