Japanese etymology : Query result

Proto-Japanese: *kapa

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: skin, leather; bark

Russian meaning: кожа; кора

Old Japanese: kapa

Middle Japanese: kàfà

Tokyo: kawá

Kyoto: káwá 'skin', kàwá 'leather'

Kagoshima: kawá

Nase: kó

Shuri: kā́

Yonakuni: kā̀

Comments: JLTT 445. The tone opposition in Kyoto points to PJ *kápá 'skin' vs. *kàpà or *kàpá 'leather' (the RJ and Tokyo accentuation pointing to *kàpà, but Kyoto - to *kàpá).

Proto-Japanese: *kápà

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: river

Russian meaning: река

Old Japanese: kapa

Middle Japanese: káfà

Tokyo: kawá

Kyoto: káwà

Kagoshima: káwa

Comments: JLTT 445.

Proto-Japanese: *kápá

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: side

Russian meaning: сторона

Tokyo: kàwa

Kyoto: káwá

Kagoshima: káwa

Comments: JLTT 445.

Proto-Japanese: *kàpài ( ~ -ia)

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: a k. of cypress or Thuja

Russian meaning: вид кипариса или туи

Old Japanese: kap(j)e

Middle Japanese: kàfè

Comments: JLTT 432.

Proto-Japanese: *kapaju-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: lovely

Russian meaning: милый

Middle Japanese: kafaju-

Tokyo: kawaí-

Kyoto: káwáì-

Kagoshima: kawái-

Comments: JLTT 831. Original accent unclear.

Proto-Japanese: *kápárá

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: shallow, sandy place in a river or on its bank

Russian meaning: отмель, песчаное место на реке или на берегу

Old Japanese: kapara

Middle Japanese: kafara

Tokyo: kàwara

Kyoto: káwárá

Kagoshima: kawára

Comments: JLTT 446. The word is usually treated as *kápà 'river' + *pàrà 'plain', but the elision is strange and the accent does not fit. This is most probably a folk-etymology due to secondary phonetic coincidence.

Proto-Japanese: *kàpì

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 egg 2 shell

Russian meaning: 1 яйцо 2 скорлупа

Old Japanese: kapjigwo 1, kapji 1, 2

Middle Japanese: kàfìgò 1, kàfì 1, 2

Tokyo: kái 2

Kyoto: káì 2

Kagoshima: kaí 2

Nase: kùgá 1

Hateruma: kɛ́ 1

Yonakuni: káíNù 1

Comments: JLTT 433. The Tokyo accent points to a variant *kàpí.

Proto-Japanese: *kápí

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: valley between mountains

Russian meaning: долина между гор

Old Japanese: kapji

Middle Japanese: káfí

Comments: JLTT 433.

Proto-Japanese: *kàpì

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: scoop, ladle, spoon

Russian meaning: черпак, ложка

Old Japanese: kapji

Middle Japanese: kàfì

Comments: JLTT 433 (unjustly united with kapji 'egg, shell').

Proto-Japanese: *kapiara

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: oar

Russian meaning: весло

Old Japanese: kapjera

Proto-Japanese: *kápiàru(n)tai

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: a k. of maple tree

Russian meaning: вид клена

Old Japanese: kapjerude

Middle Japanese: káfèdé

Tokyo: kàede

Kyoto: kàèdé

Kagoshima: kaéde

Comments: JLTT 432. Etymologized as 'frog hand', which is most probably a folk-etymology.

Proto-Japanese: *kàpìná

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: arm

Russian meaning: рука (верхняя часть)

Old Japanese: kapjina

Middle Japanese: kàfìná

Tokyo: káina, kàina

Kyoto: káiná

Kagoshima: kainá

Comments: JLTT 433. The Kyoto accent is irregular.

Proto-Japanese: *kápúa

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: face

Russian meaning: лицо

Old Japanese: kap(w)o

Middle Japanese: káfó

Tokyo: kào

Kyoto: káó

Kagoshima: káo

Comments: JLTT 438.

Proto-Japanese: *kár-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to borrow

Russian meaning: брать в долг

Old Japanese: kar-

Middle Japanese: kár-

Tokyo: kàri-

Kyoto: kárí-

Kagoshima: karí-

Comments: JLTT 704. The transitive match ('to lend') is PJ *kár-s- > OJ kás-.

Proto-Japanese: *kár-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to shear, mow

Russian meaning: срезать, косить

Old Japanese: kar-

Middle Japanese: kár-

Tokyo: kàr-

Kyoto: kár-

Kagoshima: kár-

Comments: JLTT 704.

Proto-Japanese: *kàr-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to hunt for, demand, search; drive

Russian meaning: охотиться, требовать, искать; гнать

Old Japanese: kar-

Middle Japanese: kàr-

Tokyo: kár-, kàr-

Kyoto: kár-

Kagoshima: kár-

Comments: JLTT 704. The dialects also reflect *kár-, but the reconstruction *kàr- is more probable because of RJ evidence.

Proto-Japanese: *kára-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to stay away, get apart; die

Russian meaning: отделяться, удаляться; умирать

Old Japanese: kara-

Middle Japanese: kára-

Comments: JLTT 704.

Proto-Japanese: *kárà

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: shell

Russian meaning: скорлупа

Middle Japanese: kárà

Tokyo: kará

Kyoto: kàrá

Kagoshima: kára

Comments: JLTT 438. The Kyoto accent is aberrant (*kárà would be expected).

Proto-Japanese: *kárá-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to dry out; to become ripe

Russian meaning: высыхать; созревать

Old Japanese: kara-

Middle Japanese: kárá-

Tokyo: kàre-

Kyoto: káré-

Kagoshima: karé-

Comments: JLTT 704.

Proto-Japanese: *kàrà-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: bitter

Russian meaning: горький

Old Japanese: kara-

Middle Japanese: kàrà-

Tokyo: kará-

Kyoto: kárà-

Kagoshima: kará-

Comments: JLTT 830. Cf. also *kàrásì 'vinegar; mustard'.