おねむ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
お眠 (rare) 御眠 (rare) 御睡 (rare)

Etymology

Compare 眠る (nemuru, “to sleep”), 眠り (nemuri, “sleep”), 眠い (nemui, “sleepy”), and 眠たい (nemutai, “sleepy”), all ultimately related to Classical Japanese 寝 (nu, “to sleep”, modern 寝る (neru)).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おねむ [ònéꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ne̞mɯ̟]

Noun

おねむ • (o-nemu) ^{←おねむ (onemu)?}

1. (childish) sleepiness
2. (childish) sleep