玄人
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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玄 | 人 |
くろ Grade: S |
うと Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Kanji in this term | |
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玄 | 人 |
くろ Grade: S |
と Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
*/kuroputo/ → */kurofuto/ → /kurouto/
Compound of 玄 (kuro, “deep, profound”) + 人 (uto, “person”).
The term 人 (hito, “person”) appears in various older compounds with a root form of 人 (*puto → *buto → *udo, *puto → *futo → *uto). This form is never seen in isolation, and it often undergoes further phonetic changes to combine with preceding vowels. Compare the formation of 仲人 (nakōdo), from naka + udo; 旅人 (tabiudo), from tabi + udo; 素人 (shirōto), from shiro + uto.
Pronunciation edit
- (Tokyo) くろーと [kúꜜròòtò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) くろーと [kùróꜜòtò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ːto̞]