とと

See also: とど and どど

Japanese

Etymology 1

First attested in the Muromachi period.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

とと • (toto) 

1. (childish or archaic women's speech) a fish

   Synonyms: とっと (totto), 御魚 (ototo)

2. (childish) a chicken, pigeon, or occasionally a dog, cat, etc.

   Synonym: とっと (totto)

Derived terms

• 御(お)魚(とと) (ototo)

Idioms

• 雑魚(ざこ)の魚(とと)交(ま)じり (zako no toto majiri)

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

とと • (toto) 

1. imitation of the sound of a chicken, pigeon, etc.

   Synonym: とっと (totto)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of とと – see the following entry.

【父】2 [noun] (childish) one's own father: daddy [noun] (by later extension) a husband, master of the house

(This term, とと (toto), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as とと, see Category:Japanese kanji read as とと.)

Old Japanese

Etymology

Dialectal form of つつ (tutu).

Particle

とと (to₂to₂)

1. (regional, Central Eastern Old Japanese) while, as... [verb]-ing
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 20, poem 4421:
     , text here

     和我由伎乃伊伎都久之可婆安之我良乃美禰波保久毛乎美等登志努波禰

     waga yuki₁ no₂ iki₁tukusikaba Asigara no₂ mi₁ne papo kumo wo mi₁to₂to₂ sino₁pane

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Usage notes

Attaches to the 連用形 (ren'yōkei) or stem form of a verb.