しとる

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of しとる – see the following entry.

【湿る】 [verb] be damp, be wet

(This term, しとる (shitoru), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Perhaps from a contraction. Compare してる (shiteru), してるんだ (shiteru n da), してんの (shiten no) and してんだ (shiten da).

Phrase

しとる • (shitoru) 

1. (dialectal) Synonym of している (shite iru, “am/is/are doing”)