🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
じちゃし【蟣】 : jichashi | define meaning
jichashi
Pronunciation: [d͡ʑit͡ɕaɕi]
Definition
Noun
- Louse egg; lice eggs; nit
Etymology
Cognate with Kagoshima (Nakatane) きさし kisashi; Tokunoshima (Omo) ぎぎゃ gigya; Tokunoshima (Asami) ぎぎゃーすィ gigyaasï and ぎーぎゃ giigya; Kunigami (Takazato) ぎさし gisashi; Okinawan (Yomitan) ぎかし gikashi and ぎちゃし gichashi; Okinawan (Shuri) じちゃし jichashi; Tarama ぎせィさ gisïsa; Tarama and Minna ぎっさ gissa; Yaeyama (Ishigaki, Sonai) げーさ geesa; Yaeyama (Hatoma) けーさ keesa; Yaeyama (Komi) ぎーっさん giissan; and Early Middle Japanese きさし【蟣・虱子也】 kisashi and its variants きささ kisasa, きさじ kisaji, きざさ kizasa and きざし kizashi "louse egg, lice eggs".
Compare Chinese 【蟣・虮】 "louse egg" (cf. Mandarin jǐ; Cantonese gei2; Xiang ji3), 【蟣子・虮子】 "louse egg" (cf. Mandarin jǐzi; Cantonese gei2 zi2), and 【蝨子・虱子】 "louse" (cf. Mandarin shīzi; Cantonese sat1 zi2; Jin sah4 zeh; Wu 7seq-tsy).
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- The Okinawan Language (A Synchronic Description) (1963), by Owen Robert Loveless, records "jicasi, lice eggs".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 蟣 |
| Kana | じちゃし |
| Romanization | jichashi |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [d͡ʑit͡ɕaɕi] |
意味：しらみのたまご【虱の卵】、きささ・きさじ【蟣・虱子也】