くじり

Japanese

Alternative spellings
抉り挑り (uncommon) 觿 (rare) 觹 (rare) 觽 (rare)

From the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb くじる (“to stick into something and open it up, such as a knot or a hole”)..

As a standalone noun, first cited to the 和名類聚抄 (Wamyō Ruijushō) of 934.^[1]

くじり • (kujiri)

[from 934] a fid: a tool made of wood, bone, horn, or ivory and used to untie knots and work with cordage
[from 1603] a kind of awl made of horn
Synonyms: つのぎり (tsunogiri, specifically an awl made of horn), 錐 (kiri, any kind of awl)

くじり • (kujiri)

[from 794] stem or continuative form of くじる (kujiru, “to stick into something and open it up, such as a knot or a hole”) [godan]

^ “抉・挑・觿”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN