ぬか

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
糠 粳 (old)

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *noka. The kanji spelling 粳 has been used to phonetically spell nuka in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE, as in 雨毛落粳 (AME₂=mo PUR-An-u=ka, “the rain doesn't fall?”) (Omodaka 1967, p. 552).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぬか [nùkáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) ぬか [nùká] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [nɯ̟ka̠]

Noun

ぬか • (nuka) ^{←ぬか (nuka)?}

1. 糠: rice bran

Synonyms

• こめぬか (komenuka)

Derived terms

• こめぬか (komenuka)

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
額

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɯ̟ka̠]

Noun

ぬか • (nuka) ^{←ぬか (nuka)?}

1. forehead
2. kowtowing

Derived terms

• 額(ぬか)を突(つ)く (nuka o tsuku): kowtow