おうな

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of おうな – see the following entry.

【女】1 [noun] (archaic) a young woman Alternative spelling 嬢

(This term, おうな (ōna), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as おうな, see Category:Japanese kanji read as おうな.)

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings
媼 嫗

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞ːna̠]

Noun

おうな • (ōna) 

1. (archaic) old woman

Coordinate terms

• おきな (okina, “old man”)