うわむき

Japanese

Alternative spelling
上向き

Etymology

From 上(うわ) (uwa-) + 向(む)き (muki, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 向(む)く (muku).”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) うわむき [ùwámúkí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟β̞a̠mɯ̟kʲi]

Noun

うわむき • (uwamuki) ←うはむき (ufamuki)?

  1. facing up

Coordinate terms

References

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