🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
ちじゃく【鍮石】 : chijaku | define meaning
chijaku
Pronunciation: [t͡ɕid͡ʑaku]
Definition
Noun
- Brass
Etymology
Cognate with Okinawan ちじゃく chijaku; Yaeyama (Hatoma) きざく kizaku; and the now-obsolete Japanese ちゅうじゃく【鍮石】 chuujaku and ちゅうしゃく chuushaku "brass", historically written in Man'yōgana as 中若左 and 中若古.
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Brass. Cheéjackko, or Toong".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 鍮石 |
| Kana | ちじゃく |
| Romanization | chijaku |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [t͡ɕid͡ʑaku] |
意味：しんちゅう【真鍮】、おうどう・こうどう【黄銅】
Categories:
鍮石
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, November 24). ちじゃく【鍮石】 : chijaku | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/7970/chijaku/.