🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
なーしる【苗代】 : naashiru | define meaning
naashiru
Pronunciation: [naːɕiɾu]
Definition
Noun
- Rice seedbed; rice seedling bed
Etymology
Cognate with Tokunoshima のしゅ noshu; Tokunoshima and Okinoerabu のーしゅ nooshu; Okinawan なーしる naashiru; and standard Japanese なわしろ【苗代】 nawashiro and its variant なえしろ naeshiro "rice seedbed".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- 沖縄語典 Okinawa goten (Okinawan language dictionary) (1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, records "「なーしる」苗代（ナハシロ）、稻ノ苗ヲツクル處".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 苗代 |
| Kana | なーしる |
| Romanization | naashiru |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [naːɕiɾu] |
意味：なわしろ・なえしろ【苗代】
Categories:
苗代
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, February 2). なーしる【苗代】 : naashiru | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, March 14, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/6854/naashiru/.