also: わいら · なむだち · なむたち
you (plural); ye
Archaic derogatory second-person plural pronoun, typically used to address a group with contempt. Usually plural, but occasionally singular.
"Ye, gather here" is written in an old war chronicle.
In an old document it says, 'I/we have come.'
Archaic kanji spelling; the reading うぬら is the most common for this form.
Archaic reading わいら, used for the first-person sense.
Archaic reading なむだち, a variant of なむたち.
Archaic reading なむたち, used for the second-person plural sense.
Alternate archaic kanji spelling, also read うぬら.
The kanji 汝 (you) and 等 (plural suffix) combine to form an archaic second-person plural pronoun. The readings うぬら, なむたち, and なむだち are derived from archaic second-person pronouns with plural suffixes. The reading わいら is an archaic first-person pronoun with the same plural suffix, showing a semantic shift. The exact historical derivation of each reading is uncertain.