Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of くに – see the following entry.
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[noun] a land, a large place
[noun] a country in general, a region
[noun] a country as in a nation, a state
[noun] the office of emperor, the crown; affairs of state
[noun] a province of ancient Japan
[noun] the national government in ancient Japan; the national capital in ancient Japan
[noun] one's birthplace, where one is from, one's home
Alternative spelling
(This term, くに, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as くに, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くに.)

Etymology 2 edit

Alternative spelling

From (kun, native Japanese reading), with an epenthetic vowel -i added, in turn from Middle Chinese (MC xjunH).[1]

Attested in the Utsubo Monogatari.[1]

Noun edit

くに (kuni

  1. (obsolete) the native Japanese reading

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 くに 【訓】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)  [1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)