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しらみ【虱・蝨】 : shirami | define meaning
shirami
Pronunciation: [ɕiɾami]
Definition
Noun
- A louse, especially a sucking louse (suborder Anoplura); lice; sucking lice.
Etymology
Cognate to Fukui, Hyogo, Ayabe (Kyoto), Sanuki (Kagawa), Amakusa (Kumamoto) and Miyako しらめ shirame; Kagoshima したみ shitami, しため shitame and したん shitan; Kikai しらみ shirami; Okinawan しらん shiran and しらみ shirami; Yonaguni つぁん tsan [t͡saŋ]; and standard Japanese しらみ【虱・蝨】 shirami "louse, lice". Ultimately from しら【白】 shira- "white" and むし【虫】 mushi "bug; insect; critter".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 虱 蝨 |
| Kana | しらみ |
| Romanization | shirami |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ɕiɾami] |
意味：しらみ【虱・蝨】
Categories:
虱
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, March 12). しらみ【虱・蝨】 : shirami | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, October 12, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/983/shirami/.