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Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 群 (“group, crowd, herd”) to native Japanese word すべて (subete, “every”).
群[1] (subete) → 全て (subete), 総て (subete), 凡て (subete)
- every (of a group, herd or species)
- ^ OT, page 4:
- アダム其妻の名をヱバと名けたり其は彼は群の生の母なればなり
- Adamu sono tsuma no na wo Eba to nazuketari sowa kare wa subete no ikerumono no haha nareba nari
- And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
