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Japanese
Etymology 1
/kurejo/ → */kurej/ → /kurei/ → /kureː/ → /kure/
From earlier くれい (kurei).
One theory suggests a sound change from くれよ (kureyo), dropping the last vowel, from original kureyo to kurey (= kurei). Compare せい (sei), 来い (koi).
Verb
くれ • (kure)
- imperative of くれる (kureru, “to give to me, to do for me”)
- imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of くれる (kureru)
Etymology 2
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(This term, くれ (kure), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as くれ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くれ.)
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(The following entries are uncreated: 塊, 暗, 榑, 某.)