ラー
Japanese
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Egyptian rꜥ.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɾa̠ː]
Proper noun
ラー • (Rā)
- (Egyptian mythology) Ra, the sun god
- Synonym: レー (Rē)
Etymology 2
Ultimately from English -er, as a reanalysis of the suffix from シャネラー (shanerā, “a "Chaneler":[7] someone who loves Chanel”), shifting from the expected ā from English -er, to also include the consonant as rā, in accordance with Japanese phonological rules.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɾa̠ː]
Suffix
ラー • (-rā)
- (colloquial) supporter, lover.
- マヨラー
- mayo-rā
- a mayonnaise lover
- マヨラー
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- “ラー”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
- “ラー”, in 世界大百科事典 第2版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
- “ラー”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
- "ラー", in 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN