井戸

Japanese

Kanji in this term
井	戸
い Grade: 4	と > ど Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
井戶 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

Dialectal forms^[1]

いーど (īdo) (Tochigi)
いろ (iro) (Kobe)
いーど (īdo) (Shima)
えど (edo) (Tochigi, Saitama)
ゆーど (yūdo) (Hida)
ゆど (yudo) (Gifu, Wakayama Prefecture, Kishu, Shimane)
ゆんど (yundo) (Wakayama Prefecture, Kishu)
よど (yodo) (Shimane)

Etymology

First attested in the Saibara.^[1]

Compound of 井 (i, “water well”) +‎ 所 (to, “place”).^[1] The to changes to do as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく))..

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いど [íꜜdò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [ido̞]

(Kyōto) いどぉ [ìdô] (Teiki)^[1]

Historical evolution of the Kyoto pitch accent

(the Edo period) LF

※ H for high and flat syllables (◌́), L for low and flat syllables (◌̀), F for high-to-low syllables (◌̂), R for low-to-high syllables (◌̌).
※ References: ^[1]

Noun

井(い)戸(ど) • (ido) ^{←ゐど (wido)^?} (counter 基, 本)

well (source of water)
Synonyms: 井 (i), 走り井 (hashirii)
abbreviation of 井戸茶碗 (ido chawan, “a type of teapot”)

References

Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002), 日本国語大辞典　第二版 [Unabridged Japanese Dictionary: Second Edition], Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[NKD2P-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002), 日本国語大辞典　第二版 [Unabridged Japanese Dictionary: Second Edition], Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN

[DJR4-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK8-3] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-4] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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