のみ

⟨no₂mi₂⟩ → */nəmɨ/ → /nomi/

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1]

Possibly a compound of の (no, “case particle”) +‎ 身 (mi, “body”).[1]

のみ • (nomi) 

1. only, limited to

   Synonyms: しか (shika), だけ (dake)

のみ • (nomi) 

1. alone
2. merely

• 人(ひと)はパンのみにて生(い)くる者(もの)に非(あら)ず (hito wa pan nomi ni te ikuru mono ni arazu)

蚤 (nomi): an illustration of a flea.

Possibly derived from 飲み (nomi), the nominalized 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 飲む (nomu, “to drink”), from the way that fleas drink the host's blood.

• (Tokyo) のみ​ [nòmíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [no̞mʲi]

のみ or ノミ • (nomi) 

1. flea (parasitic insect)

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ノミ.

• 蚤(のみ)の市(いち) (nomi no ichi): a flea market

• (Tokyo) の​み [nóꜜmì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [no̞mʲi]

のみ • (nomi) ^{←のみ (nomi)?}

1. chisel used for wood

• (used for metal) たがね (tagane)

• (Tokyo) のみ​ [nòmíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[2]
• IPA^(key): [no̞mʲi]

のみ • (nomi) ^{←のみ (nomi)?}

1. drinking

のみ • (nomi) ^{←のみ (nomi)?}

1. stem or continuative form of のむ (nomu) [godan]

• IPA^(key): [no̞mʲi]

のみ • (nomi) ^{←のみ (nomi)?}

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