yumi

See also: Yumi, yùmǐ, and þumi

English

Etymology

From Japanese 弓 (“yumi”)

Noun

yumi (plural yumis)

  1. A type of bow from Japan.

Anagrams

Achuar

Noun

yumi

  1. celestial water : water from the sky, i.e. rainwater, or — under certain circumstances — water from a river which is used in making manioc beer
  2. a gourd used for gathering river-water to use to make manioc beer

See also

  • entza (water from the earth, e.g. from a river)

References

  • Philippe Descola, In the Society of Nature: A Native Ecology in Amazonia (1996, →ISBN, page 36: "Like other Amazonian groups, the Achuar make a clear lexical distinction between celestial water, yumi, and terrestrial water, entza (Levi-Strauss 1964: 195). Yumi designates the rainwater […] . Entza is both water from the river and the river itself; it is the clear water of fast-flowing streams, the brown boiling flood waters, the slack, low waters of the river, and the stagnant waters of the swamps. By some curious paradox, the Achuar use yumi to designate the cooking water used in making manoic beer and for boiling the tubers; and yet they fetch this celestial water from the river in a gourd they also call yumi."

Aguaruna

Noun

yumi

  1. water

References

  • Languages of the Amazon (2012, →ISBN

Bislama

Etymology

yu + mi

Pronoun

yumi

  1. first person multiple plural inclusive pronoun; you, more than one else and I

Synonyms

See also

French

Noun

yumi m (plural yumis)

  1. yumi (Japanese longbow)

Japanese

Romanization

yumi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ゆみ

Pijin

Pronoun

yumi

  1. Alternative form of iumi

Tagalog

Noun

yumì

  1. refined manners or modest behavior (especially of a young woman)
  2. softness or tenderness to the touch (of texture)

Synonyms

  • (refined manners): hinhin

Tok Pisin

Etymology

yu + mi

Pronoun

yumi

  1. the first person inclusive: the speaker and the person(s) being spoken to: you and I, you and me, we two, us two, we
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:2 (translation here):
      Tasol graun i no bin i stap olsem yumi save lukim nau.
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See also

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

yu + mi

Pronoun

yumi

  1. the first person dual inclusive: the speaker and the person being spoken to: you and I, you and me, we two, us two, we
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