すそ
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Japanese
[edit]| Alternative spelling |
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| 裾 |
Etymology
[edit]⟨suso1⟩ → /suso/
From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE with the phonetic man'yōgana spelling of 須蘇 ⟨suso1⟩.[1] In turn, from Proto-Japonic *suso. Cognate with Okinawan 裾 (susu).
Ultimate derivation unclear.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- [from 712] the bottom edge of a piece of clothing
- [from 712] more specifically, the hem of a piece of clothing
- [from 712] (historical) an additional piece of fabric added along the bottom edge of formal robes
- [from 1476] foothill, the edge of a mountain
- [from 1520] the downstream area of a river
- [from 974] the bottom edge or end of something, such as one's hair or a bounded region on a go board
- [from 1392] the lower legs and feet of a person's body
References
[edit]- ^ “裾”, in 日本国語大辞典[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN