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Yemishi

Yemishi noun: dated spelling of Emishi.

Noun

Yemishi pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Dated spelling of Emishi.

Origin of Yemishi

From Japanese 蝦夷 (Emishi). The initial y- (also found in Yedo, Yezo, etc.) resulted from the merging between え (e) and 𛀁 (ye) into the latter in the 10th century CE.

Questions about Yemishi

What does Yemishi mean?
Yemishi means dated spelling of Emishi.
What part of speech is Yemishi?
Yemishi is a noun.

Words near Yemishi in the dictionary

  1. Yemenize
  2. Yemenized
  3. Yemenizes
  4. Yemenizing
  5. Yemilchyne
  6. Yemishi
  7. yemista
  8. Yemm
  9. Yemms
  10. yems
  11. yen

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