鹿児島

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See also: 鹿兒島 and 鹿儿岛

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鹿 児 島
か
Grade: 4 		こ > ご
Grade: 4 		しま
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
鹿兒島 (kyūjitai)
麑島 (obsolete)
 鹿児島 on Japanese Wikipedia

By surface analysis, 鹿子 (kako, kago, “fawn”) +‎ 島 (shima, “island”). See English Wikipedia for more.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

鹿(か)児(ご)島(しま) • (Kagoshima) 

  1. Kagoshima (the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan)
  2. Kagoshima (a prefecture in southern Kyushu, Japan)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鹿 児 島
か
Grade: 4 		こ > ご
Grade: 4 		しま > ひま
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
鹿 児 島
か
Grade: 4 		こ > ご
Grade: 4 		しま > いま
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
鹿 児 島
か
Grade: 4 		こ > ご
Grade: 4 		しま > っま
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
鹿 児 島
か
Grade: 4 		こ > ご
Grade: 4 		しま > んま
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Various dialectal forms of 鹿(か)児(ご)島(しま) (kagoshima) above.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

鹿(か)児(ご)島(ひま) or 鹿(か)児(ご)島(いま) or 鹿(か)児(ご)島(っま) or 鹿児島(カゴッマ) or 鹿(か)児(ご)島(んま) or 鹿児島(カゴンマ) • (Kagohima or Kagoima or Kagomma or Kagonma) 

  1. (Kagoshima) alternative form of 鹿児島 (Kagoshima)
    • 1984 February 15, Motoka Murakami, “またいつか、勝(しょう)負(ぶ)の日(ひ)までの巻(まき) ”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) , volume 13 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 77:
      よかか…オイのなは日(ひ)高(だか)剣(けん)介(すけ)…くやしかったら鹿(カ)児(ゴ)島(ッマ)セェけ(こい)‼いっでん(いつでも)勝(しょう)負(ぶ)してやっで‼
      Yoka ka… Oi no na wa Hidaka Kensuke… Kuyashikattara Kagomma sē ke‼ Idden shōbu shite yadde‼
      Awrite… Mah name’s Kensuke Hidaka… Come to Kagoshima when yer ready‼ Ah’ll be waitin’ to settle witcha again‼
    • 1984 November 15, Motoka Murakami, “鹿(カ)児(ゴ)島(ンマ)の猛(も)者(さ)たちの巻(まき) ”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) , volume 17 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 21:
      夏(なつ)木(き)よ、鹿(カ)児(ゴ)島(ンマ)ん剣(けん)道(どう)がどげんもんかみせっくるっで‼
      Natsuki yo, Kagonma n kendō ga dogen mon ka misekkurudde‼
      Natsuki, ah’ll show ya what Kagoshima-style kendo is like‼

References

  1. ^ 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


Okinawan

Kanji in this term
鹿 児 島
か
Grade: 4 		く > ぐ
Grade: 4 		しま
Grade: 3
Alternative spelling
鹿兒島 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 鹿児島 (Kagoshima).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

鹿(か)児(ぐ)島(しま) (Kagushima) 

  1. Kagoshima (a prefecture in southwestern Japan)
  2. Kagoshima (the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan)

References

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