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Japanese
Etymology
From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *makura.
Cognates
Cognate with Proto-Ryukyuan *makura, whence Kikai 枕 (makka), Kunigami 枕 (makkā), Miyako 枕 (maffa), Northern Amami Ōshima 枕 (makura), Okinawan 枕 (makkwa), Okinoerabu 枕 (makura), Southern Amami Ōshima 枕 (makra), Tokunoshima 枕 (makkwa), Yaeyama 枕 (maffa), Yonaguni 枕 (magura), and Yoron 枕 (makkura).
Pronunciation
Noun
まくら • (makura)
- 枕: pillow
Derived terms
References
- ^ “枕”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN