とせ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
年

/to₂se/ → /tose/

From Old Japanese. Likely a shift in pronunciation from 年(とし) (toshi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞se̞]

Suffix

とせ • (-tose) ^{←とせ (tose)?}

1. (obsolete) used to count years
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 5, poem 880:
     , text [1]:

     阿麻社迦留(あまざかる)、比奈尓伊都(ひなにいつ)等世(とせ)、周麻比都都(すまひつつ)、美夜故能提夫利(みやこのてぶり)、和周良延尓家利(わすらえにけり)

     Amazakaru, hina ni itsu tose, sumahitsutsu, miyako no teburi, wasuraenikeri

     While living five years in the far-remote countryside, I wound up forgetting the manners of the capital

Derived terms

• 千(ち)歳(とせ) (chitose)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

とせ or トセ • (Tose) 

1. a unisex given name
2. 伊勢, 戸瀬, 登瀬: a surname
3. 歳瀬, 翔星: a female given name
4. 登勢: a unisex given name