平良
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 平 | 良 |
| たい Grade: 3 |
ら Grade: 4 |
| yutōyomi | |
Etymology 1
Proper noun
- a surname
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- Hirara (place name in Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan)
References
- ^ “ひらら 【平良】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)
(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
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 平 | 良 |
| Grade: 3 | Grade: 4 |
Etymology
From Proto-Ryukyuan *pirara (compare Japanese 平良 (Hirara) and 岩 (pïshi, “rock”)), from Proto-Japonic *pira (“slope”) (possibly related to *piri (“rock”)).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
平良 (Psïsara)
- Hirara (place name in Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan)
References
- ^ Pellard, Thomas. "A (more) comparative approach to some Japanese etymologies." Studies in Japanese and Korean historical and theoretical linguistics and beyond (2017): 55-64.