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たる【誰】

taru

Definition

Pronoun

  1. Interrogative personal pronoun: who
    1. うらー、たるよ？【己ー、誰よ？】
      uraa, taru yo?
      "Who are you?"

Etymology

Cognate to Okinawan たー taa; Miyako たる taru; standard Japanese だれ【誰】 dare, Middle Japanese たれ tare (cf. 1600 Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam), Old Japanese た ta (cf. 711-2, 古事記 Kojiki).

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). たる【誰】 : taru | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, April 17, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/1900/taru/.