シルフ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English sylph.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾɯ̟ɸɯ̟]

Noun

シルフ • (shirufu) 

1. a sylph (the elemental being of air)
   • 2004 March 10, Kozue Amano, “Navigation(ナビゲーション)18(じゅうはち) 空(そら)を泳(およ)ぐ魚(さかな) [Navigation 18: A Fish That Swims in the Sky]”, in ARIA(アリア) [ARIA], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Mag Garden, →ISBN, page 86:

     風追配達人(シルフ)はお届(とど)け物(もの)の時(じ)間(かん)厳(げん)守(しゅ)が第(だい)一(いち)なのに　困(こま)った事(じ)態(たい)になったのだ

     Shirufu wa otodoke mono no jikan genshu ga daīchi nano ni komatta jitai ni natta no da

     Sylphs are first and foremost supposed to adhere to strict delivery time, and yet this happened

See also

• ウンディーネ (undīne)
• サラマンダー (saramandā)
• ノーム (nōmu)