いと
See also: いど
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Likely from Old Japanese [Term?]. Attested from at least the mid-ninth century.
Noun edit
- (archaic) a young child, a baby
- (Referred to a child of either sex until the late 1700s, after which it was used to refer specifically to a female child.)
- (archaic) a daughter
Prefix edit
Proper noun edit
- 伊都: a female given name
Etymology 2 edit
Reading of various kanji terms.
Adverb edit
- 最, 甚: extremely, considerably
- 970–999, Utsubo Monogatari, page Toshikage:
- 父母「いとあやしき子なり。生ひいでんやうを見む」とて [...]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun edit
- 意図: intention, aim, design
- 異図: a treasonous or disloyal plan
- 糸: string, thread, line
- 従兄弟: a cousin
- 已度: excess
Proper noun edit
Verb edit
いとする • (ito suru) transitive suru (stem いとし (itosuru shi), past いとした (itosuru shita))
References edit
- Kōno, Tama (c. 970–999) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 10: Utsubo Monogatari 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1959, →ISBN.