ふぃる

Kikai

Noun

ふぃる (firu) 

1. 蒜: garlic

Okinawan

Etymology

Alternative spelling
蒜

From Proto-Ryukyuan *peru, from Proto-Japonic *peru.

Pronunciation

• (Shuri) IPA^(key): [ɸíɾù]

Noun

ふぃる (firu) 

1. garlic

   んかしぇー　ふぃるぬ　かー　んーち　さきぢきっし　ふぃるじゃき　ちゅくたん。どぅー　あんまさる　ばすねー、ふぃるじゃき　ぬだいっし　うぬ　みーん　かなーち　かみーねー　たでーま　はしっとぅ　なたん　どー。

   Nkashē firunu kā nnchi sakijikisshi firujaki chukutan. Dū anmasaru basunē, firujaki nudaisshi unu mīn kanāchi kamīnē tadēma hashittu natan dō.

   In the past, we made garlic sake by peeling off the skin of the garlic. When we don't feel happy, we'd drink the garlic sake and ate the contents [lit. fruit] of it, and we would feel good right away.

   • 1711, Konkōkenshū:

     おむきやうと　蒜の事　俗にはへるといふ

     Omukyauto. Garlic. Common language calls it feru.

References

• Miyara, Shinshō (宮良信詳) (2021) うちなーぐち活用辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京都): Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo, Gengo Hen'i Kenkyū Ryōiki (国立国語研究所 言語変異研究領域), →DOI, →ISBN, page 291

• Okinawa Kogo Daijiten Henshū I'inkai (沖縄古語大辞典編集委員会) (1995) 沖縄古語大辞典, Tokyo (東京都): Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店), →ISBN, page 572
• Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局), page 240