ひら

See also: びら

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ひら – see the following entries.
【平】3
[noun] something flat; flattened
[noun] something ordinary, common, mediocre
[noun] a person of low-ranking status
[noun] a freshman
[noun] a novice
[noun] a private
[noun] the top ridge of a roof parallel to the side of a building (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
[noun] short for 平織 (hiraori, “plain weave”)
[noun] in bookbinding, the flat part of a cover (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
[noun] short for 平椀 (hirawan)
[prefix] single-minded (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
[proper noun] a female given name
[proper noun] a surname
【枚】6
[noun] thin and flat object
Alternative spelling
片
(This term, ひら (hira), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ひら, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ひら.

(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet: 曹白魚, 平東, 平良, 日羅, 日良, 比良, 陽羅, 陽良, 飛羅, 飛良.)

Yonaguni

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
柱

From Proto-Ryukyuan *parira.

Pronunciation

  • (Sonai) IPA(key): [çìɾâ] (tone class C)

Noun

ひら (hira) 

  1. 柱: a pillar
    だーぬ　ひらんきや　ヒノキ　きゃき゚んたか゚とぅ　うぶさぐ　’かりぶたる
    dānu hirankiya hinoki kya'nginta'ngatu ubusagu ’kaributaru
    In the houses pillars, it was made out of cypress and yew plum pine.
    はでぃぬ　ひら　いんぎんた　ぶーる　どぅぬ　だまぬ　きゃぎきしどぅ　いりかい　きゃる
    hadinu hira inginta būru dunu damanu kyagikishidu irikai kyaru
    The pillars of the house's eaves were first outside on an exterior rafter, then it changed by the mountain's self-growing yem plum pines.

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
箆

From Proto-Ryukyuan *pera.

Pronunciation

  • (Sonai) IPA(key): [çìɾâ] (tone class C)

Noun

ひら (hira) 

  1. 箆: a moldboard; a spatula
    うぬ　ひらし　つぁー　はらい
    unu hirashi tsā harai
    Use the moldboard to get rid of the grass.

References

  • Yonaguni Hōgen Jiten Henshū I'inkai (与那国方言辞典編集委員会) (2021), どぅなんむぬい辞典 [Dunanmunui Dictionary], Yonaguni (与那国町): Yonaguni-chō Kyōiku I'inkai (与那国町教育委員会), pages 270-271
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