"むいむい" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: むいむい [canonical], ムイムイ [canonical], muimui [romanization]
Etymology: Reduplication of むい (mui), イ音便 (i-onbin) form of 虫(むし) (mushi, “bug, insect”). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|むい|linkto=-}} むい (mui), {{lang|ja|i-onbin|sc=Latn}} i-onbin, {{ja-l/helper|イ音便||i-onbin}} イ音便 (i-onbin), {{ja-l|イ音便||i-onbin}} イ音便 (i-onbin), {{ja-r|虫|むし|bug, insect}} 虫(むし) (mushi, “bug, insect”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ムイムイ}} むいむい or ムイムイ • (muimui)
  1. (Kansai, childish) bug, insect Tags: Kansai, childish Related terms: ぶいぶい (buibui) (english: insect, especially drone beetle or chafer)
    Sense id: en-むいむい-ja-noun-ZNoDn1U9 Categories (other): Kansai Japanese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: むいむい [canonical], ムイムイ [canonical], muimui [romanization]
Etymology: Reduplication of むい (mui), イ音便 (i-onbin) form of 剥(む)き (muki), noun form of 剥(む)く (muku, “to peel”). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|むい|linkto=-}} むい (mui), {{lang|ja|i-onbin|sc=Latn}} i-onbin, {{ja-l/helper|イ音便||i-onbin}} イ音便 (i-onbin), {{ja-l|イ音便||i-onbin}} イ音便 (i-onbin), {{ja-r|剥き|むき}} 剥(む)き (muki), {{ja-r|剥く|むく|to peel}} 剥(む)く (muku, “to peel”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ムイムイ}} むいむい or ムイムイ • (muimui)
  1. (Kansai, childish) peeling the skin of fruits and so on Tags: Kansai, childish
    Sense id: en-むいむい-ja-noun-CdBeNni2 Categories (other): Kansai Japanese, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 8 92 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 6 94 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes: 7 93 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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