しーじゃ

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
  • IPA(key): /ɕiːd͡ʑa/

Noun

しーじゃ (shīja) 

  1. older sibling
    1. 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)
    2. 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)
  2. 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 unai, “older sister of a male”)
  • とぅししーじゃ (tushi shīja, “senior”)
  • 女子(ゐなぐ)しーじゃ (winagu shīja, “older sister; senior woman”)
  • 男(ゐきが)しーじゃ (wikiga shīja, “older brother; senior man”)

References
  • “シージャ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).
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