平良

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
平 良
たい
Grade: 3 		ら
Grade: 4
yutōyomi

Etymology 1

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Proper noun

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平(たい)良(ら) • (Taira) 

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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平良(ひらら) • (Hirara) 

  1. Hirara (place name in Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan)

References

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  1. ^ “ひらら 【平良】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Miyako

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Kanji in this term
平 良
Grade: 3 Grade: 4

Etymology

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From Proto-Ryukyuan *pirara (compare Japanese 平良(ひらら) (Hirara) and 岩 (pïshi, “rock”)), from Proto-Japonic *pira (“slope”)[1] (possibly related to *piri (“rock”)).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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平良(ぴぃさら) (Psïsara) 

  1. Hirara (place name in Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan)

References

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  1. ^ Pellard, Thomas. "A (more) comparative approach to some Japanese etymologies." Studies in Japanese and Korean historical and theoretical linguistics and beyond (2017): 55-64.
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