くに
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Japanese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
For pronunciation and definitions of くに – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, くに, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as くに, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くに.) |
Etymology 2[edit]
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From 訓 (kun, “native Japanese reading”), with an epenthetic vowel -i added, in turn from Middle Chinese 訓 (MC xjunH).[1]
Attested in the Utsubo Monogatari.[1]
Noun[edit]
- (obsolete) the native Japanese reading
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “くに 【訓】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) [1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)