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グム

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Okinawan

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Etymology

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A recent coinage in Okinawan;[1] presumably a borrowing from Japanese ゴム (gomu, “gum”), from Dutch gom (“gum”).[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡumu/
    Pitch accent 0.

Noun

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グム (gumu) 

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

References

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  1. ^ Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō 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
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