祝女
Japanese
Kanji in this term
祝
女
のろ
Grade: 4
Grade: 1
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
(
kyūjitai
)
Etymology
Borrowed from
Okinawan
祝女
(
nūru
)
.
Pronunciation
(
Tokyo
)
の
ろ
[nóꜜrò]
(
Atamadaka
– [1])
[
1
]
IPA
(key)
:
[no̞ɾo̞]
Noun
祝女
(
のろ
)
• (
noro
)
(
historical
,
Okinawa
)
a
hereditary
priestess
in
Okinawa
References
^
Matsumura, Akira
, editor (
2006
),
大辞林
[
Daijirin
] (in Japanese), Third edition,
Tokyo
:
Sanseidō
,
→ISBN