🌏 Region(s): Chubu (Fukui), Kansai (Hyogo, Kyoto: Ayabe), Chugoku (Hiroshima: Iwashijima), Shikoku (Kagawa: Sanuki), Kyushu (Kumamoto: Amakusa), Ryukyu (Miyako)
しらめ【虱・蝨】 : shirame | define meaning
shirame
Definition
Noun
- Louse, lice (especially sucking lice (suborder Anoplura))
- Parasite
Etymology
Cognate to Fukui, Hyogo, Ayabe (Kyoto), Sanuki (Kagawa), Amakusa (Kumamoto) and Miyako しらめ shirame; Kagoshima したみ shitami, しため shitame and したん shitan; Kikai しらみ shirami; Okinawan しらん shiran and しらみ shirami; Yonaguni つぁん tsan [t͡saŋ]; and standard Japanese しらみ【虱・蝨】 shirami "louse, lice". Ultimately from しら【白】 shira- "white" and むし【虫】 mushi "bug; insect; critter".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 虱 蝨 |
| Kana | しらめ |
| Romanization | shirame |
意味：しらみ【虱・蝨】、きせいちゅう【寄生虫】
Categories:
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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, March 12). しらめ【虱・蝨】 : shirame | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, October 31, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/3445/shirame/.