あぺるー【家鴨・鶩】 : aperuu | define meaning

Cognate with Kagoshima あひい ahii and あひ ahi; Kunigami (Oku) あぺるー aperuu and あぺらー aperaa; Okinawan あふぃる afiru, あひる ahiru, あふぃらー afiraa and あひらー ahiraa; and standard Japanese あひる【家鴨・鶩】 ahiru "duck".

Historical Ryukyuan attestations

• 混効験集 Konkoukenshuu (1711), "Words of the Royal Palace", records "「あひら」鶩（アヒル）の事。あへら共云。"
• Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo island in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Duck, a tame. A'feeroo".
• 沖縄語典 Okinawa goten (Okinawan language dictionary) (1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, records "「あひる」鶩（アヒル）".