神宮

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
神 宮
かむ
Grade: 3 		みや
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

/kamumi1ya/ → /kamumiya/. A compound of 神 (kamu, “god”) +‎ 宮 (miya, “building”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka̠mɯ̟mʲija̠]

Noun

神(かむ)宮(みや) • (kamumiya) 

  1. a building that enshrines a god

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
神 宮
かん
Grade: 3 		みや
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

/kamumi1ya/ → /kamumiya/ → [kammiya] → /kanmiya/. From 神宮 (kamumi1ya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kã̠mʲːija̠]

Noun

神(かん)宮(みや) • (kanmiya) 

  1. a building that enshrines a god

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
神 宮
じん
Grade: 3 		ぐう
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) じんぐう [jìńgúꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑĩŋɡɯ̟ː]

Noun

神(じん)宮(ぐう) • (jingū) 

  1. a building that enshrines a god
    • 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 363:
      Iingû. ジングゥ (神宮) Cami Miya. (神宮) 神(Cami)の社.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. the title for a high ranking shrine

Proper noun

神(じん)宮(ぐう) • (Jingū) 

  1. Ise Jingū

References

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