shimada

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 島田.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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shimada (plural shimadas)

  1. A traditional type of formal hairstyle for unmarried women in Japan, whereby the hair is gathered together and fastened to the top of the head.

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Anagrams

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Japanese

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Romanization

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shimada

  1. Rōmaji transcription of しまだ

Ye'kwana

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arawakan; compare Lokono shimarha.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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shimada (possessed shimadai)

  1. arrow (weapon)

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “shimada”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “shima:da”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 290
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “šimāda”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021