Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yemishi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yem-ishi
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dated spelling of Emishi.

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 蝦夷

Questions

What does yemishi mean?: Dated spelling of Emishi.
Where does yemishi come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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