ウンマ
Ainu
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 馬 (uma). The geminate nasal may reflect an emphasized nasal in older Japanese pronunciation; see the etymology at Japanese 馬 for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /úmꜜmà/
Noun
ウンマ (Latin spelling umma)
- horse
Further reading
- John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language), Tokyo; London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 475