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うまート

umaat

Pronunciation: [ʔumaːt]

Definition

Noun

  1. (Honorific) Fire

Etymology

Cognate with Amami (Uken: Ashiken) うまート umaat; and Okinawan うまち umachi "fire". Possibly from うみち umichi "three [stones used for cooking over a hearth]" (compare うみちむん umichimun "god of fire"), with a vowel shift by influence with the similar term うまちー【御祭】 umachii "harvest festival".

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Kanaうまート
Romanizationumaat
Pronunciation (IPA)[ʔumaːt]

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, May 24). うまート : umaat | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, July 1, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/7088/umaat/.