いで
See also: いて
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Unknown.
Interjection edit
- Come! (used to verbally urge the addressee when calling them closer)
Usage notes edit
Used in more limited contexts compared to other words such as さあ (sā).
Etymology 2 edit
井 (i, “well”) + 手 (te, “hand”), with rendaku.
Noun edit
- 井手: (archaic) A dam used to divert water for irrigation.
Proper noun edit
Etymology 3 edit
From ずて (zute). Early Middle Japanese.[1]
Suffix edit
- (Classical Japanese) Attaches to the 未然形 (mizenkei, “irrealis or incomplete form”) of verbs to form the negative conjunctive, equivalent to modern ないで (-naide).