くつ

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Etymology 1[edit]

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⟨kutu⟩: */kutu//kut͡su/

From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū poetry compilation, completed circa 759.[1]

Ultimate derivation unclear. Some Japanese sources suggest a borrowing from or cognate with Korean 구두 (gudu, “shoes”), but then some Korean sources suggest that the Korean term was borrowed from Japanese (kutsu, “shoes”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

くつ (kutsu

  1. : footwear, footgear: a shoe, (a pair of) shoes
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3399:
      , text here:
      信濃道者 伊麻能波里美知 可里婆祢尓 安思布麻之<奈牟> 久都波氣和我世
      (しな)()()は (いま)()(みち) ()りばねに (あし)()ましなむ (くつ)はけ()()
      shinanuji wa ima no harimichi karibane ni ashi fumashinamu kutsu hake wagase
      the Shinano road has just been opened; wear shoes, my brother / my dear, so you do not step on the brush stubble [in your bare feet]
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Etymology 2[edit]

Alternative spelling

/kutu//kut͡su/

From Old Japanese. Appears in compound terms listed in the Wamyō Ruijushō of 938 CE.

The ancient combining form of modern (くち) (kuchi).[1] Likely the original form.

No longer productive in modern Japanese. Only found in older compounds.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • The pitch accent is derived from the entire compound word.

Noun[edit]

くつ (kutsu

  1. : prefixal bound form of くち (kuchi, mouth)
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Alternative spelling
朽つ

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[5]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

くつ (kutsunidan

  1. 朽つ: Classical Japanese form of くちる (kuchiru)

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Etymology 4[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of くつ – see the following entries: ,

(The following entries are uncreated: , .)

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000