清らさん

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
清
ちゅ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
淸らさん (kyūjitai) 美らさん (semantic)

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *kiyora, from Proto-Japonic *kiyora. Cognate with Toku-No-Shima 清らさい (きゅらさい, kyurasai), Japanese 清(きよ)ら (kiyora).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ɕuɾasaŋ̍/

Adjective

清(ちゅ)らさん (churasan)

beautiful, lovely, darling, pretty, elegant
(rare) clean, pure, chaste

Derived terms

肝清らさん
清らー
清ら影
清ら瘡

References

“ちゅらさん【清らさん・美らさん】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
“チュラサン（ちゅらさん）” in Okinawan Dialect Dictionary - Ajima.
“ちゅらさん” in Okinawan Dialect - Japanese Dialects Dictionary - Goo Dictionary.
“ちゅらさん” in Okinawan Dictionary - KozaWeb.
“チュラ” in Weblio Dictionary.

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