みん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of みん – see the following entries.

【眠】S [noun] rest (of a silkworm before moulting)

【明】2 [proper noun] the Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

(This term, みん (min), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as みん, see Category:Japanese kanji read as みん.)

Okinawan

Noun

みん (min) 

1. 耳: ear

Yonaguni

Etymology 1

From Proto-Ryukyuan *mezu, from Proto-Japonic *mentu.

Attested in Miyanaga (1930)'s 八重山語彙 as ミン (1930 IPA: [m’iŋ]).

Pronunciation

• (Sonai) IPA^(key): [míɴ] (tone class A)

Noun

みん (min) 

1. 水: water

   すやてぃがら　みん　とぅいしに

   suyatigara min tuishini

   Go and get the water from the kitchen.

   みん　あんしみり

   min anshimiri

   (Go and) take a bath (in the water).

   んかちや　くばぬはー　きーんき　まてぃてぃ　みん　だみぶたる

   nkachiya kubanuhā kīnki matiti min damibutaru

   Back then, we wrapped palm leaves from the trees, and saved water.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Ryukyuan *mimi, from Proto-Japonic *mimi.

Attested in Miyanaga (1930)'s 八重山語彙 as ミン (1930 IPA: [m’iŋ]).

Pronunciation

• (Sonai) IPA^(key): [miɴ]

Noun

みん (min) 

1. 耳: (hapax, obsolete) ear

Derived terms

• みんたふ (mintafu)

References

• Miyanaga, Masamori (宮良当壮) (1930) 八重山語彙 [Vocabulary List of the Yaeyama languages], Tokyo (東京都): Tōyō Bunko (東洋文庫), →DOI, page 254
• Yonaguni Hōgen Jiten Henshū I'inkai (与那国方言辞典編集委員会) (2021) どぅなんむぬい辞典 [Dunanmunui Dictionary], Yonaguni (与那国町): Yonaguni-chō Kyōiku I'inkai (与那国町教育委員会), pages 307-308