くが

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Etymology 1

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Alternative spelling

*⟨kunuga⟩/kunuɡa/ → */kunɡa//kuɡa/

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1]

Shift from Old Japanese (*kunuga),[1][2] also attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE[1] and itself a compound of (kunu-, country, land, compounding form, not used in isolation) +‎ (-ka, suffix indicating place).[1][2][3] The ka changes to ga as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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くが (kuga

  1. : [from 720] the land, the land portion of an area, as opposed to seas, rivers, lakes, swamps, etc.
  2. : [mid-1700s–???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) an overland route, as opposed to an oversea route
    Synonym: 陸路 (rikuro)

Proper noun

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くが (Kuga

  1. : a surname

Etymology 2

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Alternative spelling
玖珂
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Derivation uncertain. Might be related to (kuga, land area).

The district was formed in 721, and is mentioned in the Man'yōshū poetry collection of 759.[6]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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くが (Kuga

  1. 玖珂: [from 721] a place name: a (gun, district) in Yamaguchi Prefecture

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 ”, in 日本国語大辞典[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. 2.0 2.1 ”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  6. 6.0 6.1 くが 【玖珂】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典[3] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here