おとど

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
大殿
大臣

Etymology

/oːtono/ → /otodo/

Shift from older 大殿 (ōtono, “great building, noble house”).[1]

First attested in the Utsubo Monogatari of the late 900s.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

おとど • (otodo) ←おとど (otodo)?

  1. (archaic) the residence of a noble or other high-ranking person
  2. (archaic, honorific) term of respect for a noble or other high-ranking person
  3. (archaic, honorific) term of respect for the mistress of the house or for a proprietress or hostess
  4. (archaic, honorific) term of respect for a wife

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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