ぐしく

Okinawan

Pronunciation

• (Shuri (common)) IPA^(key): [ɡúɕíkú] (tone class BC)
• (Shuri (samurai)) IPA^(key): [ɡúsíkú] (tone class BC)

Noun

ぐしく (gushiku) ^{←ぐすぃく (gusiku)?}

1. 城: a castle; a fortress; a stronghold
2. 城: a sacred place

Proper noun

ぐしく (Gushiku) ^{←ぐすぃく (Gusiku)?}

1. 城: a placename

References

• Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局), page 194
• Okinawa Kogo Daijiten Henshū I'inkai (沖縄古語大辞典編集委員会) (1995) 沖縄古語大辞典 [Dictionary of Archaic Okinawan], Tokyo (東京都): Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店), →ISBN, pages 241-242