ぬか

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
糠
粳 (old)

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *noka. The kanji spelling 粳 has been used to phonetically spell nuka in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE, as in 雨毛落粳 (AME2=mo PUR-An-u=ka, “the rain doesn't fall?”) (Omodaka 1967, p. 552).

Pronunciation

Noun

ぬか • (nuka) ←ぬか (nuka)?

  1. 糠: rice bran
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
額

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɯ̟ka̠]

Noun

ぬか • (nuka) ←ぬか (nuka)?

  1. forehead
  2. kowtowing
Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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