にな

Japanese

Alternative spellings
蜷
河貝子

Etymology

First attested in the Shinsen Jikyō (898-901);[1] from 蜷 (mina), from Old Japanese 蜷 (mi₁na), from Proto-Japonic *mina.

Pronunciation

  • (Kyoto) に​な [níꜜnà] (Kōki)[1]

Noun

にな • (nina) 

  1. [from early 900s] (archaic or dialectal) synonym of 川蜷 (kawanina, “melanian snail (Semisulcospira libertina)”)
  2. [from 1184] (archaic, possibly obsolete) the use of a 蜷結び (ninamusubi, “kind of decorative knot for strings”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002) 日本国語大辞典　第二版 [Unabridged Japanese Dictionary: Second Edition], Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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