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しらみ【虱・蝨】 : shirami | define meaning
shirami
Pronunciation: [ɕiɾami]
Definition
Noun
- Louse, lice (especially sucking lice (suborder Anoplura))
Etymology
Cognate to Fukui, Hyogo, Ayabe (Kyoto), Sanuki (Kagawa), Amakusa (Kumamoto) and Miyako しらめ shirame; Kagoshima したみ shitami; 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".
意味：しらみ【虱・蝨】
Categories:
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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). しらみ【虱・蝨】 : shirami | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, September 9, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/4617/shirami/.