祝女

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祝	女
のろ
Grade: 4	Grade: 1
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
祝女 (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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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