🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa: Shuri, Okinawa: Kumejima)

はちゃー【蜂】 : hachaa | define meaning

hachaa

Pronunciation: [hat͡ɕaː]

Definition

Noun

Bee; wasp; hornet

Etymology

Cognate with Kagoshima and Miyazaki (Morokata) はっ haq; Amami and Okinawan (Kumejima, Shuri) はち hachi; Okinawan (Kumejima, Shuri) はちゃー hachaa; and standard Japanese はち【蜂】 hachi "bee, wasp, hornet".

Historical Ryukyuan attestations

沖縄語典 Okinawa goten (Okinawan language dictionary) (1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, records "「はち、はちやー」蜂（ハチ）".

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Orthography	Form
Kanji	蜂
Kana	はちゃー
Romanization	hachaa
Pronunciation (IPA)	[hat͡ɕaː]

意味：はち【蜂】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, June 18). はちゃー【蜂】 : hachaa | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, June 30, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/179/hachaa/.