Iheri - Iheri

Japanese: イヘリ - いへり
Iheri - Iheri

…The above has mainly dealt with family systems related to brothers or sisters, but the Onari-gami faith found in Amami and Okinawa is one of the family systems related to the relationship between brothers and sisters. In Amami and Okinawa, brothers are generally called Iheri and sisters Unari and Onari. This is a different Japanese term from that used on the mainland, where brothers and sisters are collectively called Kyodai. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Iheri" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…以上では主として兄弟間もしくは姉妹間のみにかかわる家族制度をとりあげてきたが,奄美・沖縄などにみられるオナリ神信仰は兄弟と姉妹の関係をめぐる家族制度のひとつである。奄美・沖縄では一般に兄弟をイヘリ,姉妹をウナリ・オナリとよぶ。これは兄弟姉妹を一括してキョウダイとよぶ本土の用語法とは異なる日本語である。…

※「イヘリ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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