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両手のくぼみ

りょうてのくぼみ

cupped hands

ئوچۇم

ochum

очум

IPA otʃum
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Definition

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両手のひらを合わせ、指を上に向けて少し丸めたときにできるくぼみ。数詞と共に量を表す語(ひとすくい)としても使い、比喩的に bir ochum で「一部の、少数の」の意味もある。

Japanese
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The hollow formed by joining both palms with the fingers slightly curled upward. Also a measure word (a double handful), and figuratively, with bir, 'a few, a small number of'.

English
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Examples

彼の両手のくぼみにあった水がこぼれてしまった。

ئۇنىڭ ئوچۇمىدىكى سۇ تۆكۈلۈپ كەتتى.

The water in his cupped hands spilled.

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Details

Japanese reading (katakana)

リョウテノクボミ

Uyghur pronunciation in kana

オチュム

IPA

otʃum

Domain

General term

Data status

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