すーりー

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Okinawan

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *soroe; cognate with Yonaguni すり (suri, plate).

Historically recorded in the Haydong Jegukki as 쉬릐 (Yale: suy luy).

Pronunciation

  • (Shuri) IPA(key): (tone class BC)

Noun

すーりー (sūrī

  1. medium-sized plate
    • それい 菜皿之事 それい共云
      osorei NAZARA NO KOTO sorei TOMO IFU
      Osorei, a dish plate; also called sorei.
      おそろい 御菜皿の事 それい共云
      osoroi ONAZARA no KOTO sorei TOMO IFU
      Osoroi: a (noble) dish plate; also called sorei.
      Note: soroi may be an allophone of sorei.

References

  • Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局), page 500
  • Okinawa Kogo Daijiten Henshū I'inkai (沖縄古語大辞典編集委員会) (1995) 沖縄古語大辞典, Tokyo (東京都): Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店), →ISBN, page 379