Wiktionary

あど

Japanese edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Proto-Ryukyuan *ado.

The initial a- is presumably related to 足 (a, “foot”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kumamoto (Kagami), Oita (Notsu)) あど​ [àdóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠do̞]

Noun edit

あど • (ado) 

  1. (dialect, Kyūshū) heel
    • Butsurui Shōko, frame 20; text here
      跟 きびす くびす [...] 九州にてあどと云
      kon kibisu kubisu [...] Kyūshū nite ado to iu
      Heel [...] in Kyushu it is called ado

References edit

  1. ^ Hirayama, Teruo (平山 照男), Ōshima Ichirō (大島 一郎), Ōno Masao (大野 眞男), Kuno Makoto (久野 眞), Kuno Mariko (久野 マリ子), Sugimura Takao (杉村 孝夫) (1992-1994) 現代日本語方言大辞典 [Dictionary of Japanese Dialects], Tokyo: Meiji Shoin (明治書院), page 1085
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