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

• “うしぬちー【牛ぬ乳・牛乳】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.