猫ねこまMeanings1nouncatarchaicArchaic reading for 猫; not used in modern Japanese. The standard modern reading is ねこ.See also: 猫古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは「猫ねこま」を「ねこま」と読よむことがある。In old texts, 猫 can be read as ねこま.