名うて

Japanese

Kanji in this term
名
な Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
名打て 名打

Etymology

名(な) (na, “name”) + 打(う)て (ute, continuative form of 打(う)てる (uteru))

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) なうて [nàúté] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [na̠ɯ̟ᵝte̞]

Noun

名(な)うて • (naute) 

1. famous, well-known

   Synonyms: 名高い (nadakai), 名代 (nadai), 有名 (yūmei), 著名 (chomei), 高名 (kōmei), 知名 (chimei)

   • 1897, 森鴎外, そめちがへ‎^[1], 青空文庫:

     代地(だいち)に名(な)うての待合朝倉(まちあひあさくら)の戸口(とぐち)を開(あ)けて、つと入(い)り来(く)るは四十近(しじふちか)いでつぷり太(ふと)つた男(をとこ)

     Daichi ni naute no machiai Asakura no toguchi o akete, tsuto irikuru wa shijū chikai deppuri futotta otoko

     A stout man of about forty years opened the door of Asakura, the famous teahouse in the substitute land, and swiftly came in.

Usage notes

Also used in a negative sense.

名(な)うての悪党(あくとう) ― naute no akutō ― a notorious villain