🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
しし【肉】 : shishi | define meaning
shishi
Pronunciation: [ɕiɕi]
Definition
Noun
- Meat; flesh
- っわーぬししぬねーびらんぐとぅ【豚ぬ肉ぬねーびらんぐとぅ】
qwaa nu shishi nu neebiran gutu
"Because there's no pork"
- っわーぬししぬねーびらんぐとぅ【豚ぬ肉ぬねーびらんぐとぅ】
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese しし【肉】 shishi "meat".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Flesh. Shíshee" and "Flesh, no. Shishee ning".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 肉 |
| Kana | しし |
| Romanization | shishi |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ɕiɕi] |
意味：にく・しし【肉】
Categories:
肉
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, December 30). しし【肉】 : shishi | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, February 4, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/6495/shishi/.