すそ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
裾

⟨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.

すそ • (suso) ^{←すそ (suso)^?}

[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

^ “裾”, 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
^ 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
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN