おねむ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
お眠 (rare)
御眠 (rare)
御睡 (rare)

Etymology

Compare 眠る (nemuru, “to sleep”), 眠り (nemuri, “sleep”), 眠い (nemui, “sleepy”), and 眠たい (nemutai, “sleepy”), all ultimately related to Classical Japanese 寝 (nu, “to sleep”, modern 寝る (neru)).

Pronunciation

Noun

おねむ • (o-nemu) ←おねむ (onemu)?

  1. (childish) sleepiness
  2. (childish) sleep

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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