空知
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 空 | 知 |
| そら Grade: 1 |
ち Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi | on'yomi |
Etymology
[edit]Derived from Ainu ソラㇷ゚チペッ (so rap ci pet), in turn a compound of Ainu so (“waterfall”) + v. rap (“to descend”, plural form of ran) + ci (plural nominalizing marker) + pet (“river”).[1] The kanji spelling is an example of ateji (当て字).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- a place name
- a surname
References
[edit]- ^ John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)[1], Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., visible online here
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- Japanese terms spelled with 知 read as ち
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