平良

Japanese
Kanji in this term
平 良
たい
Grade: 3		 ら
Grade: 4
yutōyomi

Proper noun

平(たい)良(ら) • (Taira) 

  1. a surname

Miyako

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *pirara (compare Japanese 平良 (Hirara) and 岩 (pїshi, “rock”)), from Proto-Japonic *pira (“slope”)[1] (possibly related to *piri (“rock”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pɨsaɾa]

Noun

平良 (hiragana ぴぃさら, romaji Pїsara)

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

References
  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.
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