みと

Japanese

Etymology 1

/mi₁to₁/: [mito]. mi₁ is an affix expressing reverence and to₁ means either gate (passage way) or place, location.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲito̞]

Noun

みと • (mito) 

1. (archaic) genitalia
   • 712: Kojiki

     其八上比賣者、如先期美刀阿多波志都。此七字以音。

     KA NO₂ YAGAMI₁pi₁me₁ pa SAKI₁ ni KANESIGO₂TO₂KU mi₁to₁atapasitu. KO2 NO2 SITIZI OMU WO MO₂TIWIRU

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• ほと (hoto)
• まんこ (manko)
• おまんこ (omanko)
• おめこ (omeko)
• そそ (soso)
• おそそ (ososo)
• へへ (hehe)
• べべ (bebe)
• つび (tsubi)

Derived terms

• みとあたわす (mitoatawasu)
• みとのまぐわい (mitonomaguwai)

See also

• 嫁(とつ)ぐ (totsugu)
• 臀呫(となめ) (toname)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

みと • (Mito) 

For pronunciation and definitions of みと – see the following entry.

【水戸】 [proper noun] Mito (a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] a surname

(This term, みと, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as みと, see Category:Japanese kanji read as みと.)

References

• Kurano, Kenji with Yūkichi Takeda (712) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Kojiki, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1958, →ISBN, page 224