かーら

Okinawan

Alternative spelling
河原

Etymology 1

From Proto-Ryukyuan *kawara, from Proto-Japonic *kapara.

Pronunciation

• (Shuri) IPA^(key): [káːɾà] (tone class A)

Noun

かーら

1. 河原: river
   • Nantō Kayō

     いちちぬ　まぶい　／　しちぬ　まぶい　／　ぬーそが　かーら　んかい　／　まぶやー　ぬぎてい　ねーらんぐと

     ichichi-nu mabui / shichi-nu mabui / nūsoga kāra nkai / mabuyā nugitē nēranguto

     Five spirits; / seven spirits; / (Who's) not (dispelling) spirits / from the river?

     Parentheses indicate an uncertain transcription/translation.

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
瓦

From Proto-Ryukyuan *kawara.

Historically attested in Chinese sources with the spelling 嗑哇喇 (kaɁ.ua.la).

Pronunciation

• (Shuri) IPA^(key): [káːɾá] (tone class BC)

Noun

かーら

1. 瓦: roof tile
   • Ryūka Zenshū

     石小　なげらい　出ゆる　釣束　瓦　なげても　出ゆかや

     ISHI nagerai (I)Juru YAKUSUKU KĀRA nagetemo (I)Jukaya

     If the small rocks are thrown, the promise is out. Even if the roof tiles are thrown, [...] is out...

     Parentheses indicate an uncertain transcription/translation. The meter of this poem is irregular, at least according to what Hokama (1995) cites.

References

• Lin, Chihkai (2015 August) A Reconstruction of Old Okinawan: A Corpus-Based Approach‎^[1], University of Hawaii at Manoa, page 245
• Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局), page 298
• Okinawa Kogo Daijiten Henshū I'inkai (沖縄古語大辞典編集委員会) (1995) 沖縄古語大辞典 [Dictionary of Archaic Okinawan], Tokyo (東京都): Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店), →ISBN, pages 207-208