つま

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of つま – see the following entries.

【妻】5 [noun] (archaic) a spouse [noun] (humble, only refers to one's own) a wife (married woman) [noun] a side dish [noun] a tangent, a digression, something to the side of the main thing

【爪】S [affix] (only in compounds) nail; claw

(This term, つま, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as つま, see Category:Japanese kanji read as つま.)