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美ら
ちゅら
1. [adj-f] Dialect: rkb
▶ beautiful
▶ pretty
▶ lovely



History:
9. A 2022-04-04 12:04:07  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
8. A* 2022-04-02 23:58:23  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I can't find a source for ちゅうら.
Without an explanation, it isn't clear what relevance 清ら has to the entry. I don't think the x-ref is needed.
美ら and 美しい aren't etymologically related. I don't see a need for the 美しい x-ref.
  Diff:
@@ -10,3 +9,0 @@
-<r_ele>
-<reb>ちゅうら</reb>
-</r_ele>
@@ -15,2 +11,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1486360">美しい</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="2220810">清ら</xref>
@@ -18,0 +14 @@
+<gloss>pretty</gloss>
7. A 2014-01-28 10:48:17  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Interesting.
6. A* 2014-01-28 03:12:28  Hendrik
  Refs:
Official usage of 美ら:
http://oki-churaumi.jp/
Contemporary manifestations of 清ら:
http://www.churashima.net/churabito/index.html 美ら島物語|美ら島・清ら人
http://www.okitour.net/Column/sightseeing/kannkousisetu/00213/
http://i-uchina.com/emotional/post881/
  Comments:
Added a second xref.
Reason: Although 美ら is widely (and, as the first one of the cited websites shows, quite officially) used in Okinawa, i just heard from someone that etymologically the expression ちゅら (ちゅうら) derives from the same root as the old (obsolete?) Japanese 清ら 【きよら; けうら】, so i looked 清ら up on the web, and, yes, it is alive in Okinawa (the last cited reference gives a more detailed explanation)
  Diff:
@@ -15,0 +16 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2220810">清ら</xref>
5. A 2013-12-21 06:28:06  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Well, you probably know the old line that a language is a dialect with an army.
It's convenient to put 琉球語 and アイヌ語 in that category here.
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