平良

Japanese

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

Etymology 1

Proper noun

平(たい)良(ら) • (Taira)

a surname

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひらら [hìrárá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [çiɾa̠ɾa̠]

Proper noun

平良(ひらら) • (Hirara)

Hirara (place name in Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan)

References

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

Miyako

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

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): [pɨsaɾa]

Proper noun

平良(ぴぃさら) (Psïsara)

Hirara (place name in Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan)

References

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