うる

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of うる – see the following entries.
【売る】
to sell something (to agree to transfer goods)
to sell someone out, to betray
to agitate, to incite
【得る】
to be able to, -able
Alternative spelling
獲
(This term, うる (uru), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as うる, see Category:Japanese kanji read as うる.)

Yaeyama

Etymology 1

From Proto-Ryukyuan *uro (compare Northern Amami Ōshima うる (uru, “coral”), Okinawan うる (uru, “sand”), Miyako うる (uru, “red coral”), Yonaguni うる (uru, “lime”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

うる (uru) 

  1. (Taketomi) lime
    ウルヤウルイシュヤイティドゥヒクルン
    uruya uruishu yaitidu hikurun
    Limes are made from roasting rocks from the sea.
  2. (Taketomi) mortar, plaster, stucco
    カーラヤーヌウルヌルン
    kārayānu uru nurun
    To paint roof tiles with plaster.
  3. (Hateruma) reef
  4. (Hateruma) rocks of a reef
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 虚 (uro, “a hollow place”).

Pronunciation

Noun

うる (uru) 

  1. cave
    イッサヌバシュヌ、ヒナシシールバシュヤ、ウルデッタラ
    issa nu bashunu, hinashi shīru bashuya, urudettara
    When it's time to battle, the place to hide is in the cave.

References

  • Maeara, Tōru (2011) 竹富方言辞典 [Taketomi Dialect Dictionary], Ishigaki: Nanzansha, page 265
  • “うる”, in 日本の危機言語‎ (in Japanese), National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, 2022
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