ちょうつじ

Japanese

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Alternative spellings
頂辻 頂つじ

Etymology

Probably 頂(ちょう) (chō, “top”) + 旋毛(つじ) (tsuji, “top”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːt͡sɨʑi]

Noun

ちょうつじ • (chōtsuji) 

1. (Tsushima, apparently obsolete) head
   • [(Can we date this quote?), 医學語彙‎^[1] (overall work in Korean):

     顱 ᄃᆡ골 チヤウツジ

     ro daegol chōtsuji]

   • [(Can we date this quote?), 倭語類解 (overall work in Korean), page 16:

     顱(ᄃᆡ골로/로)○죠우즈지

     ro (daegol-ro/ro): jyo-u-jeu-ji (Korean)
     ro ( […] /ro): chōtsuchi (Japanese)]

Further reading

• 成玧妸 [Sung YunA] (2005) “『交隣須知』の日本語の方言性について : 語彙を中心として [The Dialectical Characteristics of Japanese Vocabulary in Korinshuchi]”, in 日本語学論集‎^[2]