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Japanese
Etymology 1
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糠
粳 (old)
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From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *noka. The kanji spelling 粳 has been used to phonetically spell nuka in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE, as in 雨毛落粳 (AME2=mo PUR-An-u=ka, “the rain doesn't fall?”) (Omodaka 1967, p. 552).
Pronunciation
Noun
ぬか • (nuka) ←ぬか (nuka)?
- 糠: rice bran
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
ぬか • (nuka) ←ぬか (nuka)?
- forehead
- kowtowing
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