平良

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 3

Grade: 4
yutōyomi

Etymology 1[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

(たい)() (Taira

  1. a surname

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

平良(ひらら) (Hirara

  1. Hirara (place name in Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan)

References[edit]

  1. ^ ひらら 【平良】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) Paid subscription required[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)

Miyako[edit]

Kanji in this term
Grade: 3 Grade: 4

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Ryukyuan *pirara (compare Japanese 平良(ひらら) (Hirara) and (pïshi, rock)), from Proto-Japonic *pira (slope)[1] (possibly related to *piri (rock)).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

平良(ぴぃさら) (Psïsara

  1. Hirara (place name in Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pellard, Thomas. "A (more) comparative approach to some Japanese etymologies." Studies in Japanese and Korean historical and theoretical linguistics and beyond (2017): 55-64.