あーぐ

Miyako

Alternative forms

あやぐ (ayagu)

Etymology

From あやぐ (ayagu), possibly from a compound of two terms equivalent with Japanese 文 (aya) and 語 (go, “words, language”). This coinage displaced the native root for songs, *ota.

Noun

あーぐ (āgu)

song

Derived terms

ながーぐ (nagāgu, “a chōka poem”)