くぢら
Japanese edit
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Old Japanese edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Japonic *kuntira.
Noun edit
くぢら (kudira)
- a whale
- 711–712, Kojiki, (poem 9):
- 720, Nihon Shoki, (poem 7):
- 于儾能多伽機珥辭藝和奈破蘆和餓末菟夜辭藝破佐夜羅孺伊殊區波辭區泥羅佐夜離...
- Uda no₂ takaki₂ ni sigi₁wana paru waga matu ya sigi₁ pa sayarazu isukupasi kudira sayari...
- At Uda’s tall fortress, he had set up a trap for snipers. I can wait; the snipers will get caught. A whale, that is an edible one, has gotten caught...
Descendants edit
- Japanese: 鯨 (kujira)