小路
Chinese edit
small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
road; path; way | ||
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simp. and trad. (小路) |
小 | 路 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
小路
Synonyms edit
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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小 | 路 |
こうじ | |
Grade: 1 | Grade: 3 |
irregular |
⟨ko1mi1ti⟩ → /komiti/ → /koũdi/[1] → /koːʑi/
U-onbin (ウ音便) from こみち (komichi).[2][3][4][5][6] The pronunciation resulting from this onbin, /koũdi/, had been popularised since at least the early twelfth century CE.[7]
Possibly influenced by its antonym おおじ (ōji).[6]
Pronunciation edit
- (Tokyo) こーじ [kóꜜòjì] (Atamadaka – [1])[3][6][8]
- (Tokyo) こーじ [kòójí] (Heiban – [0])[3][6]
- IPA(key): [ko̞ːʑi]
Noun edit
Derived terms edit
- 広小路 (hirokōji, “a main street”)
- 袋小路 (fukurokōji, “blind alley”)
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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小 | 路 |
こ Grade: 1 |
みち Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 小路 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 小路, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Etymology 3 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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小 | 路 |
しょう Grade: 1 |
じ Grade: 3 |
jūbakoyomi |
From 小 (shō, “small, little”) + 路 (-ji, “road, way, route”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
References edit
- ^ Frellesvig, Bjarke (2010) A History of the Japanese Language, Cambridge University Press, New York, →ISBN, page 193
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Frellesvig, Bjarke (2010) A History of the Japanese Language, Cambridge University Press, New York, →ISBN, page 194
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN