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🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

がま

gama

Pronunciation: [ɡama]

Definition

Noun

  1. Reef cave; coral cave

Etymology

Cognate with Kumamoto (Kumamura), Miyazaki (Nishimorokata) and Kagoshima がま gama "cave (near a river)"; Tokunoshima がま gama "cave (in a coral reef)"; and Okinawan がま gama "cave".

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Kanaがま
Romanizationgama
Pronunciation (IPA)[ɡama]

意味:がんしょうのどうくつ【岩礁の洞窟】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, April 26). がま : gama | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, May 13, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/7008/gama/.