ノーム

Japanese

Etymology

From English gnome, from French gnome.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ノーム [nóꜜòmù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [no̞ːmɯ̟]

Noun

ノーム • (nōmu) 

1. a gnome (legendary being)
2. a gnome (elemental being of earth)
   • 2003 April 10, Kozue Amano, “Navigation(ナビゲーション)08(れいはち) 星(ほし)の謳(うた)声(ごえ) [Navigation 08: Chorus of the Planet]”, in ARIA(アリア) [Aria], volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Mag Garden, →ISBN, page 80:

     火星(アクア)の地(ち)下(か)にはね地重管理人(ノーム)という人(ひと)達(たち)がいて——重(じゅう)力(りょく)を１(いち)Ｇ(ジー)に保(たも)ってくれてるのよ

     Akua no chika ni wa ne Nōmu to iu hito-tachi ga ite—— jūryoku o ichi-jī ni tamotte kureteru no yo

     The people known as Gnomes, who live under the ground of Aqua, are responsible for maintaining gravity at 1 g

See also

• ウンディーネ (undīne)
• サラマンダー (saramandā)
• シルフ (shirufu)