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いとこ

See also: いどこ

Japanese

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Etymology

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⟨ito1ko1⟩ → */itʷokʷo/ → /itoko/

Cognate with and by extension of Old Japanese いとこ (ito1ko1, “close, familial, or beloved person”).[1][2] Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *itoko.

First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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いとこ • (itoko) 

  1. one's cousin (may be spelled in kanji to indicate the gender and relationship with the person in question):
    1. 従兄弟: a male cousin
      1. 従兄: an older male cousin
      2. 従弟: a younger male cousin
    2. 従姉妹: a female cousin
      1. 従姉: an older female cousin
      2. 従妹: a younger female cousin
    3. 従兄妹: an older male cousin and younger female cousin
    4. 従姉弟: an older female cousin and younger male cousin

Proper noun

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いとこ • (Itoko) 

  1. いとこ, 伊杜子, 委登子, 伊斗子, 従姉弟, 意杜子, 伊東子, 伊登子, 以杜子, 委杜子, 委斗子, 依杜子, 衣杜子, 衣登子, 惟杜子, 伊十子, 似登子, 生都子, イト子, 惟登子, いと子, 維斗子, 以都子, 依都子, 衣都子, 維都子, 意都子, 惟都子, 伊都子, 委都子, 系子, 純子, 紀子, 順子, 文子, 最子, 絲子, 愛子, 綸子: a female given name
  2. 伊刀古: (obsolete) a male given name

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:いとこ.

Derived terms

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Derived terms

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “従兄弟・従姉妹・愛子”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō

Old Japanese

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *itoko.

From stem ito- cognate with modern 愛しい (itoshii, “dear, precious”) +‎ 子 (ko1, “child”).[1]

Noun

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いとこ (ito1ko1)

  1. a person close, familial, or otherwise beloved (to the speaker, etc.)
  2. (by extension) one's cousin

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:いとこ.

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ “従兄弟・従姉妹・愛子”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
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