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しらめ【虱・蝨】

shirame

Definition

Noun

  1. Louse, lice (especially sucking lice (suborder Anoplura))
  2. Parasite

Etymology

Cognate to Fukui, Hyogo, Ayabe (Kyoto), Sanuki (Kagawa), Amakusa (Kumamoto) and Miyako しらめ shirame; Kagoshima したみ shitami, しため shitame and したん shitan; Kikai しらみ shirami; Okinawan しらん shiran and しらみ shirami; Yonaguni つぁん tsan [t͡saŋ]; and standard Japanese しらみ【虱・蝨】 shirami "louse, lice". Ultimately from しら【白】 shira- "white" and むし【虫】 mushi "bug; insect; critter".

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意味:しらみ【虱・蝨】、きせいちゅう【寄生虫】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, March 12). しらめ【虱・蝨】 : shirame | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 14, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/3445/shirame/.