主たる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
主
しゅ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Fossilization of 主(しゅ) (shu) + たる (taru, prenominal of the archaic copular たり (tari)).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅたる [shúꜜ tàrù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) しゅたる [shù táꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝ ta̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Adnominal

主(しゅ)たる • (shu taru) 

1. primary; main