海女
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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海 | 女 |
あま | |
Grade: 2 | Grade: 1 |
jukujikun |
Alternative spelling |
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海女 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]Unknown, but the same as 海人 (ama, “male diver”). The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓).
Possibly from Proto-Japonic *amay compare Old Japanese: 雨 (“rain”), 天 (ame2, ama, “sky”)
Noun
[edit]Korean
[edit]Hanja in this term | |
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海 | 女 |
Noun
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 海
- Japanese terms spelled with 女
- Japanese terms read with jukujikun
- Japanese terms with unknown etymologies
- Japanese terms spelled with jukujikun
- Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic
- Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- ja:Occupations
- ja:Diving
- ja:Female people
- Korean lemmas
- Korean nouns
- Korean nouns in Han script
- Korean hanja forms