つくみ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of つくみ – see the following entry.

【愛あづみ】4 [proper noun] a female given name Alternative spellings 真, ああい, あゝい, あいか, あいす, あき, あこ, あみか, あおい, ありさ, あや, あゆ, ちぎり, ちか, ちかし, えりな, はあと, ひかり, いと, いとし, いつみ, いずみ, かな, かなえ, かなさ, きずな, こころ, こゝろ, このむ, まどか, まなぶ, まなみ, めづる, めご, めぐ, めぐみ, めぐむ, めい, なる, なるこ, のぞみ, らぶ, るい, さら, さらん, つぐみ, うい, よし, よしき, よしみ

(This term, つくみ (tsukumi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

Old Japanese

Noun

つくみ (tukumi₁)

1. (hapax) The meaning of this term is uncertain. The Jidai Betsu Kokugo Daijiten Jōdai-hen says "Although [one could speculate] it is like a part of a house fixture, [the exact meaning is] unknown."
   • Shōsōin document, text here

     土居周長押着（異筆、下同ジ）〈「止」〉雨壷廿二口　　都久美着〈「止」〉雨壷十《五》〈「六」〉口

     [Longly/boss] push on around the ground (other writings at the bottom say zi) ('stop'), rain jars [are] 22 mouths, wear a tukumi₁ ('stop'), rain jar ten 《five》 <'six'> mouths

     It is not clear whether 止 is a transliteration of to₂ or has the meaning 'stop'.