主たる

主たる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
主
しゅ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Fossilization of 主(しゅ) (shu) + たる (taru, prenominal of the archaic copular たり (tari)).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅ​たる [shúꜜtàrù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• (Tokyo) しゅた​る [shùtáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝ ta̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Adnominal

主(しゅ)たる • (shu taru) 

1. primary; main

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN