のど

Japanese

Alternative spellings
喉 咽 吭

Etymology

⟨no₂mi₁ to₁⟩ → */nəmʲitʷo/ → /nomʉto//nomʉdo/ → /nondo/ → /nodo/

Shift from のんど (nondo), ultimately from a compound of 飲み (nomi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 飲む (nomu), “to drink”) +‎ 門 (to, “gate, door”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) のど [nóꜜdò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [no̞do̞]

Noun

のど • (nodo) 

1. the throat

   のどが渇(かわ)く ― nodo ga kawaku ― to be thirsty (literally, “throat is dry”)

2. (by extension) one's singing voice
3. (by extension) one's vitals

Derived terms

Derived terms

• のど自(じ)慢(まん) (nodojiman)
• のどちんこ (nodochinko)
• のどびこ (nodobiko)
• 喉(のど)笛(ぶえ) (nodobue)
• のどもと (nodomoto)

Old Japanese

Alternative spellings
閑 和

Adjective

のど (no₂do₂)

1. calm, relaxing, tranquil
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 2, first variant poem 197, first variant:

     明日香川四我良美渡之塞益者進留水母能杼爾賀有萬思

     Asuka-gapa sigarami₁ watasi sekamaseba nagaruru mi₁du mo no₂do₂ ni ka aramasi

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 13, poem 3335:

     ...惶八神之渡者吹風母和者不吹立浪母...

     ...kasiko₁ki₁ ya kami₂ no₂ watari pa puku kaze mo no₂do₂ ni pa pukazu...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 13, poem 3339:

     ...鯨名取海路丹出而吹風裳箟跡丹者不吹立浪裳箟跡丹者不起...

     ...isana to₂ri umi₁di ni idete puku kaze mo no₂do₂ ni pa pukazu tatu nami₁ mo no₂do₂ ni pa tatanu...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. calm, peaceful
   • 749, Shoku Nihongi (Tenpyō-shōhō 1, first day of the fourth month in summer)

     海行波美豆久屍山行波草牟須屍王乃幣爾去曾死米能杼爾波不死

     umi₁ yukaba mi₁duku kabane yama yukaba kusa musu kabane opoki₁mi₁ no₂ pe₁ ni ko₂so₂ siname₂ no₂do₂ ni pa sinazi

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "のどなり" (ナリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	のどなら	のどなら	nodo nara
Continuative (連用形)	のどに[1] のどなり[2]	のどに のどなり	nodo ni nodo nari
Terminal (終止形)	のどなり	のどなり	nodo nari
Attributive (連体形)	のどなる	のどなる	nodo naru
Realis (已然形)	のどなれ	のどなれ	nodo nare
Imperative (命令形)	のどなれ	のどなれ	nodo nare
Key constructions
Negative	のどならず	のどならず	nodo narazu
Contrasting conjunction	のどなれど	のどなれど	nodo naredo
Causal conjunction	のどなれば	のどなれば	nodo nareba
Conditional conjunction	のどならば	のどならば	nodo naraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	のどなりき	のどなりき	nodo nariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	のどなりけり	のどなりけり	nodo narikeri
Adverbial	のどに	のどに	nodo ni
[1]Without auxiliary verb. [2]With auxiliary verb.

Derived terms

• のどよふ (no₂do₂yo₂pu)

Descendants

• Japanese: のどか (nodoka)