くつろ

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Japanese

Etymology

From Korean 구들 (gudeul).

Pronunciation

Noun

くつろ (kutsuro

  1. (Tsushima, apparently obsolete) ondol
    • 1930, 雨森芳洲 (Amenomori Hōshū), “墓寺”, in 交隣須知 (Kōrin suchi), 小倉文庫 edition, volume 2:
      クツロノソバニ葉の付タ木ヲノケイキハメテ火ガデヨウ
      totsu kutsuro no soba ni ha no tsuita ki wo nokei kiwamete hi ga deyō
      Gudeul: Remove the leafy tree from aside the gudeul; the fire shall blaze exceedingly.
      구들 겻ᄐᆡ 픈나모 아사라 ᄒᆡᆼ혀(倖僥) 블 나리라 (original Korean)

Further reading

  • 片茂鎮 (2008) “苗代川地方伝来朝鮮語学習書類の日本語の地域性について [On the Japanese regional dialect of Korean Textbooks introduced to Naeshirogawa]”, in 比較文化研究, archived from the original on 24 August 2021