🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima, Okinawa: Shuri)
はち【蜂】 : hachi | define meaning
hachi
Pronunciation: [hat͡ɕi]
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）".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 蜂 |
| Kana | はち |
| Romanization | hachi |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [hat͡ɕi] |
意味：はち【蜂】
Categories:
蜂
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, June 18). はち【蜂】 : hachi | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, June 30, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/4603/hachi/.