じょんがら

Etymology
. Possibly scat (a made-up word used in a song). Possibly onomatopoeia; compare 🇨🇬.

Dialect variation of, found in Aomori Prefecture and Ishikawa Prefecture.

Appearing in street performer songs of the Edo period, originally as part of the term, a kind of street performance often performed by Buddhist monks who would sing silly, vulgar, or ribald songs and dance to gather attention and get onlookers to put food and money in their begging bowls. was often a line in the songs.

is sometimes found as an alteration of, which may be the stem form of verb , perhaps in reference to the silly songs sung by the monks. appears to be either musical scat, or perhaps purely onomatopoeic, in reference to the accompaniment of either the traditional that would jangle when struck on the ground, or bells, used to mark the rhythm of the song.

Another claim is that it is derived from the placename.

Noun

 * 1)  a kind of folk song, accompanied by Tsugaru-jamisen, performed in Aomori Prefecture and Ishikawa Prefecture