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Okinawan
Etymology
From Proto-Ryukyuan *soza, *seza, from Proto-Japonic *sosa. Cognate with Kunigami しじゃー (shijā) and Yaeyama しじゃ (shija).
Pronunciation
Noun
しーじゃ (shīja)
- older sibling
- older brother
- Hypernyms: うふあふぃー (ufu afī), うふっちー (ufutchī), やっちー (yatchī), やっちーぐゎー (yatchīgwā)
- Synonyms: しーじゃゐきー (shīja wikī), 男しーじゃ (ゐきがしーじゃ, wikiga shīja)
- older sister
- Hypernyms: うふんみー (ufunmī), しーじゃをぅない (shīja wunai)
- Synonyms: うふあばー (ufu abā), 女子しーじゃ (ゐなぐしーじゃ, winagu shīja)
- senior
- Synonym: とぅししーじゃ (tushi shīja)
Derived terms
- うっとぅしーじゃ (uttushīja, “siblings”)
- うみしーじゃ (umi shīja, “term used by nobles to address their older brother or senior”)
- うみしーじゃがた (umi shīja gata, “honorific for seniors”)
- しーじゃかた (shīja kata, “senior(s); people in their primes; people in thirties and forties”)
- しーじゃゐきー (shīja wikī, “older brother”)
- しーじゃをぅない (shīja wunai, “older sister of a male”)
- とぅししーじゃ (tushi shīja, “senior”)
- 男しーじゃ (wikiga shīja, “older brother; senior man”)
- 女子しーじゃ (winagu shīja, “older sister; senior woman”)
References
- “シージャ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).