てふ

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See also: でぶ

Japanese

Etymology

⟨to2 ipu⟩/tepu//tefu/ → */tewu//teu//t͡ɕeu//t͡ɕoː/

Shift from classical phrase 言ふ (to ifu).

Compare (tefu → chō, butterfly).

Phrase

てふ or ちょう (tefuてふ (tefu)?

  1. (archaic) Short for と言う (to iu): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    • 1205, Shin Kokin Wakashū (book 3 poem 175), text here (also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 2)
      (はる)()ぎて(なつ)()にけらし白妙(しろたへ)(ころも)ほすてふ(あま)香具(かぐ)(やま)
      haru sugite natsu ki-ni-kerashi shirotae no koromo hosu chō Ama no Kaguyama
      (please add an English translation of this example)
    • c. 1005, Shūi Wakashū (book 11, poem 621; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 41)
      (こひ)てふわが()はまだき(たち)にけり(ひと)()れずこそ(おも)ひそめしか
      koi su chō waga na wa madaki tachi-ni-keri hito shirezu koso omoisomeshika
      (please add an English translation of this example)

Proper noun

てふ (Tefu

  1. a female given name

てふ or ちょう (Tefuてふ (tefu)?

  1. a unisex given name