おぢやる

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of おぢやる – see the following entry.

[verb] (now dialectal, Kagoshima, Hachijō) honorific form of 来(く)る (kuru, “to come”), 行(い)く (iku, “to go”) and 居(い)る (iru, “to exist (of animate objects)”) [from 16th c.]

[verb] (now dialectal, Hachijō) polite form of 有(あ)る (aru, “to exist (of inanimate objects)”) and 居(い)る (iru, “to exist (of animate objects)”) [from 16th c.]

[verb] (auxiliary, now dialectal, Hachijō) indicating politeness [from 17th c.]

(This term, おぢやる (odyaru), is a historical kana spelling of the above term.)