ひる

See also: ヒル

Japanese

Etymology 1

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【昼ひる】2 [noun] the daytime [noun] 午うま: the noon, midday [noun] Short for 昼ひるご飯はん (hiru gohan) or 昼飯ひるめし (hirumeshi): lunch [noun] the heyday or peak period of something Alternative spelling 午うま

【蛭ひる】H [noun] a leech Alternative spelling ヒル

【蒜ひる】H [noun] [from 712] allium Alternative spelling 葫にんにく

(This term, ひる (hiru), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as ひる, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ひる.)

Etymology 2

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【放ひる】 [verb] (dated) to push out of the body [verb] (archaic) to give birth

(This term, ひる (hiru), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as ひる, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ひる.)

Etymology 3

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【干ひる】 [verb] to dry Alternative spelling 乾ひる

(This term, ひる (hiru), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as ひる, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ひる.)

Verb

ひる • (hiru) ichidan (stem ひ (hi), past ひた (hita))

1. 嚔くさめる: to sneeze
2. 簸ひる: (agriculture) to winnow

Okinawan

Noun

ひる (hiru) 

1. 蒜ひる, 葫にんにく: garlic

Yonaguni

Alternative spelling
蒜ひる

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *peru, from Proto-Japonic *peru.

Pronunciation

• (Sonai) IPA^(key): [çìɾú] (tone class A)

Noun

ひる (hiru) 

1. 蒜ひる: garlic

   ひるぬ　かだい　きー　つぁぬ

   hirunu kadai kī tsanu

   It stinks like garlic.

References

• Yonaguni Hōgen Jiten Henshū I'inkai (与那国よなぐに方言ほうげん辞典じてん編集へんしゅう委員いいん会かい) (2021) どぅなんむぬい辞典じてん [Dunanmunui Dictionary], Yonaguni (与那国よなくに町まち): Yonaguni-chō Kyōiku I'inkai (与那国よなくに町まち教育きょういく委員いいん会かい), page 272