難波

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 難波 (Nanba). Alternatively, may reflect an Old Chinese transcription (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?).

難波

1. Namba district in Osaka, Japan

/nanipa/ → /naniɸa/ → /naniwa/

From Old Japanese 難波 (Nanipa), itself a corruption of 浪速 (Nami₁paya) or 浪花 (Nami₁pana).

• (old name for Osaka): 浪速, 浪花, 浪華

難(なに)波(わ) • (Naniwa) ^{←なには (Nanifa)?}

1. (archaic) an old placename for the region that is now known as 大阪 (Ōsaka, “Osaka”)
2. a surname

• 難波(なにわ)の葦(あし)は伊勢(いせ)の浜(はま)荻(おぎ) (Naniwa no ashi wa Ise no hamaogi)

/nanipa/ → /naniɸa/ → /naɴba/ → /namba/

Shift from Naniwa above.^[1]

難(なん)波(ば) • (Nanba) 

1. Short for 難波区 (Nanba-ku): the Namba district in Osaka
2. a surname

• 難波煮(なんばに) (Nanba-ni)

Corruption of 浪速 (Nami₁paya, literally “swift waves”) or 浪花 (Nami₁pana, literally “wave flowers”).

難波 (Nanipa) (kana なには)

1. an old placename for the region that is now known as 大阪 (Ōsaka, “Osaka”)
   • 720, Nihon Shoki, Emperor Jimmu, entry 4: , second month:

     皇師遂東、舳艫相接、方到難波之碕。因以名為浪速國、亦曰浪花、今謂難波訛也。

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• 難波潟 (Nanipa-gata)
• 難波門 (Nanipa-to₁)
• 難波宮 (Nanipa-no₂-mi₁ya)
• 難波堀江 (Nanipa-poriye)

• Japanese: 難波, 浪速, 浪花, 浪華 (Naniwa)