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

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) ひらら [hìrárá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [çiɾa̠ɾa̠]

    Proper noun

    平良(ひらら) • (Hirara) 

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

    References
    1. “ひらら 【平良】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) Paid subscription required‎ (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(ひらら) (Hirara) and 岩 (pïshi, “rock”)), from Proto-Japonic *pira (“slope”)[1] (possibly related to *piri (“rock”)).

    Pronunciation
    • IPA(key): [pɨsaɾa]

    Proper noun

    平良(ぴぃさら) (Psïsara) 

    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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