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Old Japanese
Noun
つくみ (tukumi₁)
- (hapax) The meaning of this term is uncertain. The Jidai Betsu Kokugo Daijiten Jōdai-hen says "Although [one could speculate] it is like a part of a house fixture, [the exact meaning is] unknown."[1]
- Shōsōin document, text here
土居周長押着（異筆、下同ジ）〈「止」〉雨壷廿二口 都久美着〈「止」〉雨壷十《五》〈「六」〉口- push on around the ground (other writings at the bottom say zi) ('stop'), rain jars 22 mouths, wear a tukumi₁ ('stop'), rain jar ten 《five》 <'six'> mouths
- It is not clear whether 止 is a transliteration of to₂ or has the meaning 'stop'.
References
- ^ Omodaka, Hisataka (1967) 時代別国語大辞典 上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN, page 466
The original text says "屋の建具の一部らしいが、未詳。"