shimada

See also: Shimada

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 島田.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɑːdə

Noun

shimada (plural shimadas)

  1. A traditional type of formal hairstyle for unmarried women in Japan, whereby the hair is gathered together and fastened to the top of the head.

Translations

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

shimada

  1. Rōmaji transcription of しまだ

Ye'kwana

Etymology

Borrowed from Arawakan; compare Lokono shimarha.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃimaːɾ̠a]

Noun

shimada (possessed shimadai)

  1. arrow (weapon)

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “shimada”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “shima:da”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 290
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “šimāda”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
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