清らさん

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
清
ちゅ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
淸らさん (kyūjitai) 美らさん (semantic)

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *kiyora, from Proto-Japonic *kiyora. Cognate with Toku-No-Shima 清らさい (きゅらさい, kyurasai), Japanese 清(きよ)ら (kiyora).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕuɾasaŋ̍/

Adjective

清(ちゅ)らさん (churasan) 

1. beautiful, lovely, darling, pretty, elegant
2. (rare) clean, pure, chaste

Derived terms

• 肝清らさん
• 清らー
• 清ら影
• 清ら瘡

 

References

• “ちゅらさん【清らさん・美らさん】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “チュラサン（ちゅらさん）” in Okinawan Dialect Dictionary - Ajima.
• “ちゅらさん” in Okinawan Dialect - Japanese Dialects Dictionary - Goo Dictionary.
• “ちゅらさん” in Okinawan Dictionary - KozaWeb.
• “チュラ” in Weblio Dictionary.