食はむん

Kunigami

Kanji in this term
食しょく
Grade: 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰamuŋ/

Verb

食しょく(か)むん (khamun) 

1. to eat

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
食しょく
か Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
咬かむん 噛かむん

Variant form	食くえぬん

Etymology

Cognate to Japanese 噛かむ (kamu, “to bite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kamuŋ̍/

Verb

食しょく(か)むん (kamun) transitive

1. to eat

   餅もち(むーちー)ぬ食しょく(か)み欲よく(ぶ)さん。

   Mūchī-nu kamibusan.

   (I) want to eat mochi.

   物もの(むぬ)食しょく(か)みーが。

   Munu kamīga.

   How about something to eat?

References

• “かむん【咬かむん・噛かむん】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.