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やね【脂】 : yane | define meaning

yane

Pronunciation: /jane/ [jane]

Definition

Noun

Resin
Tar; tobacco residue; resin

Etymology

Cognate with Kagoshima やね yane; Okinawan やーに yaani and やに yani; and standard Japanese やに【脂】 yani "resin".

Historical Ryukyuan attestations:

沖縄語典 Okinawa goten (Okinawan language dictionary) (1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, records "「やーに」脂（ヤニ）〈一〉樹ノ皮ヨリ出ヅル粘液〈二〉烟管ニ生スルモノ".

Spelling

Orthography	Form
Kanji	脂
Kana	やね
Romanization	yane
Pronunciation (IPA)	/jane/ [jane]

意味：やに【脂】

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脂

Tags: Kagoshima dialect, Kagomma-ben, Kagonma, Kagoima, Satsuma, Satsugu, かごっま, かごんま, 鹿児島弁, 鹿児島方言, 薩隅方言...

Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, May 12). やね【脂】 : yane | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, May 14, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/7035/yane/.