たれ

Japanese

Etymology

Compound of ta (“id”) and suffix re. Long form of ta.

Pronoun

たれ (kanji 誰, romaji tare)

1. interrogative personal pronoun; who
   • c. late 10th century Taketori Monogatari

     この女、「かくのたまふは誰（たれ）ぞ」と問ふ。

   • c. late 10th century Taketori Monogatari

     大納言「悪しく探ればなき也」と腹立ちて、誰（たれ）ばかりおぼえんにとて、「吾上りて探らむ」とのたまふて[...]

   • 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 614)

     Tare. タレ (誰) 誰. 例, Tarega maittaca. l, tareca maitta. (誰が参つたか. まはは, 誰か参つた) 誰が来たか. Tare naritomo. (誰なりとも) 誰であろうとも.

Derived terms

• 誰 (dare)

References

• 1980 May 19 [1603–1604], Tadao Doi, Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0008-0021-3:
• 1957 May 19, Atsuyoshi Sakakura; Yūichi Ōtsu, Hiroshi Tsukishima, Toshiko Abe, Imai Gen'e, Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 9: Taketori Monogatari, Ise Monogatari, Yamato Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0006-0009-5: