くが

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
陸

*⟨kunuga⟩ → /kunuɡa/ → */kunɡa/ → /kuɡa/

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1]

Shift from Old Japanese 陸 (*kunuga),[1][2] also attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE[1] and itself a compound of 国 (kunu-, “country, land”, compounding form, not used in isolation) +‎ 処 (-ka, suffix indicating place).[1][2][3] The ka changes to ga as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

くが • (kuga) 

  1. 陸: the land, the land portion of an area, as opposed to seas, rivers, lakes, swamps, etc.
  2. 陸: (archaic, possibly obsolete) an overland route, as opposed to an oversea route
    Synonym: 陸路 (rikuro)

Proper noun

くが • (Kuga) 

  1. 陸: a surname

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
玖珂
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Derivation uncertain. Might be related to 陸 (kuga, “land area”).

The district was formed in 721, and is mentioned in the Man'yōshū poetry collection of 759.[6]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

くが • (Kuga) 

  1. 玖珂: a place name: a 郡 (gun, “district”) in Yamaguchi Prefecture

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “陸”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “陸”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ 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
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 “くが 【玖珂】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
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