牛ぬ乳

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
牛 乳
うし
Grade: 2 		ちー
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
牛乳

Etymology

Compound of 牛 (ushi, “cow”) +‎ ぬ (nu, possessive particle) +‎ 乳 (chī, “milk”). Cognate with Japanese 牛の乳 (ushi no chichi, rare alternate reading ushi no chī, literally “cow's milk”), more commonly expressed in modern Japanese using the Chinese-derived term 牛乳 (gyūnyū).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔuɕinut͡ɕiː/

Noun

牛(うし)ぬ乳(ちー) (ushinuchī) 

  1. cow's milk

References

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