とめど

Japanese

Etymology 1

    Alternative spelling
    止め処

    From 止(と)め (tome) + 処(と) (to). The to changes to do as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

    Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) とめど [tòmédó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [to̞me̞do̞]

    Noun

    とめど • (tomedo) ←とめど (tomedo)?

    1. (chiefly in compounds) stopping point
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

      Alternative spelling
      止めど

      Alternative forms

      • (correct form in classical Japanese) とむれど (tomuredo)

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [to̞me̞do̞]

      Verb

      とめど • (tomedo) 

      1. (poetic, perhaps proscribed) form of とめる (tomeru, “to stop”): although it may stop, […]
        Synonym: (modern Japanese) とまっても (tomatte mo)

      References

      1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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