Okinawan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A recent coinage in Okinawan;[1] presumably a borrowing from Japanese ゴム (gomu, “gum”), from Dutch gom (“gum”).[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ɡumu/
- Pitch accent 0.
グム (gumu)
- gum
- グムかなーし欲さん。
- Gumu kanāshi busan.
- I want to chew gum.
References[edit]
- ^ 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”)[1], 1963
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN