shimada

See also: Shimada

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 島田.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɑːdə

Noun

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.

Translations

Anagrams

Maquiritari

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃimaːɾ̠a]

Noun

shimada

  1. arrow (weapon)

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