"木乃伊" meaning in Japanese

See 木乃伊 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [mʲiːɾa̠] Forms: 木乃伊 [canonical] (ruby: 木乃伊(みいら)), 木乃伊 [canonical] (ruby: 木乃伊(ミイラ)), mīra [romanization]
Etymology: From Portuguese mirra (“myrrh, skeleton, mummy”) or Dutch mirre (“myrrh”). The kanji spelling 木乃伊 is an example of jukujikun. This spelling was borrowed from Chinese 木乃伊 (mùnǎiyī, “mummy”). Some Japanese sources suggest that the Chinese term was a transliteration of Dutch mummie (with some stated concern that this derivation is doubtful), but it appears that the Dutch and Chinese terms are not directly related, though they may be cognates. See the Chinese entry for more. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|pt|-|sort=みいら}} Portuguese, {{der|ja|nl|-|sort=みいら}} Dutch, {{lang|ja|木乃伊}} 木乃伊, {{der|ja|zh|-|sort=みいら}} Chinese, {{noncog|ja|-}} Japanese, {{cog|zh|-}} Chinese, {{cog|nl|mummie}} Dutch mummie, {{cog|nl|-}} Dutch, {{cog|zh|-}} Chinese Head templates: {{ja-noun|みいら|ミイラ}} 木乃伊(みいら) or 木乃伊(ミイラ) • (mīra)
  1. a mummy, deliberately preserved, such as those found in the ancient tombs of Egypt or China
    Sense id: en-木乃伊-ja-noun-WQXogcdL Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 63 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 58 42 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 58 42 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 56 44 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 58 42
  2. a human or animal corpse mummified naturally, such as in a peat bog or desert
    Sense id: en-木乃伊-ja-noun-gJA8EHpN Categories (other): Death Disambiguation of Death: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 木乃伊取りが木乃伊になる (mīra tori ga mīra ni naru) (ruby: 木乃伊取(ミイラと), 木乃伊(ミイラ))
Categories (other): Burial Disambiguation of Burial: 0 0
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Download raw JSONL data for 木乃伊 meaning in Japanese (3.1kB)

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