グム

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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.

Noun[edit]

グム (gumu

  1. gum
    グムかなーし()さん
    Gumu kanāshi busan.
    I want to chew gum.

References[edit]

  1. ^ National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (2001 [1963]) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Zaimushō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局)
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN