ぱー
Kunigami
Etymology
From Proto-Ryukyuan *pa, from Proto-Japonic *pa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pʰáː] (tone class A)
Noun
ぱー (pā)
Miyako
Etymology
From Proto-Ryukyuan *pa, from Proto-Japonic *pa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paː/
Noun
ぱー (pā)
Yaeyama
Etymology
From Proto-Ryukyuan *pa, from Proto-Japonic *pa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paː/
Noun
ぱー (pā)
Yonaguni
Etymology
From Proto-Ryukyuan *kura ~ kuCa (“child”).
Pronunciation
- (Sonai) IPA(key): [páː]
Noun
ぱー (pā)
- bud; sprout
- Synonym: ばい (bai)
- (especially) bamboo shoot
- the mark of a bioorganism
Derived terms
- すらんぱ (suranpa, “treetop; part of a sprout”)
- たぎぬんぱ (taginunpa, “bamboo shoot”)
- どぅにんぱ (duninpa, “sea hibiscus”)
- どぅんぬぱ (dunnupa, “arrow”)
References
- Ikema, Nae (池間苗) (2003) 与那国語辞典 [Yonaguni Language Dictionary], Yonaguni: private publication, →OCLC, pages 169, 201, 340