momme

[ mom-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural mom·me.

1720–30; < Japanese, equivalent to mon- letter (< Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese wén ) + -me ( y ) eye (earlier *mai )

Persimmons of a hundred momme (375 grammes) each; twenty cartloads for the profit of the house at the fall of the year.

The average weight of Japanese is recorded as 13 kwan 830 momme.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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