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とぅら【虎】

tura

Pronunciation: [tuɾa]

Definition

Noun

  1. Tiger

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese とら【虎】 tora "tiger".

Historical Ryukyuan attestations:

  • Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo island in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "[English] Tiger, [Japanese] Tora, [Loo-Choo] Toora".
  • Essay in Aid of a Grammmar and Dictionary of the Luchuan Language (1895), by Basil Hall Chamberlain, records "Tura, a tiger. (Jap. Tora.)".
  • 沖縄語典 Okinawa goten (Okinawan language dictionary) (1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, records "「とゥら」虎(トラ)、朝鮮語ナリト云フ".

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Pronunciation (IPA)[tuɾa]

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, May 21). とぅら【虎】 : tura | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, June 19, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/630/tura/.