🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
あふぃる【家鴨・鶩】 : afiru | define meaning
afiru
Pronunciation: [ʔaɸiɾu]
Definition
Noun
- Domestic duck
Etymology
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）".
Notes
Variants: あふぃらー afiraa, あひらー ahiraa.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 家鴨 鶩 |
| Kana | あふぃる |
| New Okinawa Moji | あ懲る |
| Romanization | afiru |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ʔaɸiɾu] |
意味：あひる・アヒル【家鴨・鶩】
Categories:
家鴨
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, December 25). あふぃる【家鴨・鶩】 : afiru | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, February 4, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/8234/afiru/.