あど
Japanese
editEtymology 1
editPossibly from Proto-Japonic *anto; cognate with Proto-Ryukyuan *ado.
The initial a- is presumably related to 足 (a, “foot”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- (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
- Butsurui Shōko, frame 20; text here
Etymology 2
editNoun
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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