しーじゃ
Okinawan
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Ryukyuan *soza, *seza, from Proto-Japonic *sosa. Cognate with Kunigami しじゃー (shijā) and Yaeyama しじゃ (shija).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editしーじゃ (shīja)
Derived terms
edit- うっとぅしーじゃ (uttushīja, “siblings”)
- うみしーじゃ (umi shīja, “term used by nobles to address their older brother or senior”)
- うみしーじゃがた (umi shīja gata, “honorific for seniors”)
- しーじゃかた (shīja kata, “senior(s); people in their primes; people in thirties and forties”)
- しーじゃゐきー (shīja wikī, “older brother”)
- しーじゃをぅない (shīja unai, “older sister of a male”)
- とぅししーじゃ (tushi shīja, “senior”)
- 女子しーじゃ (winagu shīja, “older sister; senior woman”)
- 男しーじゃ (wikiga shīja, “older brother; senior man”)
References
edit- “シージャ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).