わろ

Japanese

Alternative forms

• 吾

Etymology

/waro₂/ → /waro/. Likely a compound of 我 (wa) and suffix ろ (ro).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ɾo̞]

Pronoun

わろ • (waro) 

1. 我: (archaic) first person personal pronoun; I, me, oneself
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 20, poem 4343:

     和呂多比波 多比等於米保等 已比尓志弖 古米知夜須良牟 和加美可奈志母

References

• Satake, Akihiro with Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, and Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 4: Man’yōshū 4 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2003, →ISBN.