ウンマ

Ainu

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 馬 (uma). The geminate nasal may reflect an emphasized nasal in older Japanese pronunciation; see the etymology at Japanese 馬 for more.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /úmꜜmà/

Noun

ウンマ (Latin spelling umma)

  1. horse

Further reading
  • John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎, Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 475
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