問屋

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
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Etymology 1

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/tohiya/: [topiya] > [toɸiya] > [towiya] > [toiya]. The adverbial of 問ふ (tohu, ask) /tohi/ and (ya, store).

Noun

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問屋(といや) (toiyaとひや (tofya)?

  1. a place for merchants to sleep
    • 1597: Ekirin Setsuyōshū (page 39)
      問屋 (トヒヤ) 商人宿
  2. a wholesaler; also, such a store

Etymology 2

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From toiya.

Noun

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問屋(とんや) (ton'ya

  1. a wholesaler; also, such a store

References

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  • Fukkoku Nihon Koten Zenshū: Setsuyōshū, Tōkyō: Gendai Shichō Shinsha, 2006 [1597], →ISBN