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Japanese
Alternative spellings
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喉 咽 吭
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Etymology
⟨no2mi1 to1⟩ → */nəmʲitʷo/ → /nomʉto//nomʉdo/ → /nondo/ → /nodo/
Shift from のんど (nondo), ultimately from a compound of 飲み (nomi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 飲む (nomu), “to drink”) + 門 (to, “gate, door”).
Pronunciation
Noun
のど • (nodo)
- the throat
- のどが渇く ― nodo ga kawaku ― to be thirsty (literally, “throat is dry”)
- (by extension) one's singing voice
- (by extension) one's vitals
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Derived terms
References
Old Japanese
Etymology
Adjective
のど (no2do2)
- calm, relaxing, tranquil
- calm, peaceful
- 749, Shoku Nihongi (Tenpyō-shōhō 1, first day of the fourth month in summer)
海行波美豆久屍山行波草牟須屍王乃幣爾去曾死米能杼爾波不死- umi1 yukaba mi1duku kabane yama yukaba kusa musu kabane opoki1mi1 no2 pe1 ni ko2so2 siname2 no2do2 ni pa sinazi
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Inflection
Stem forms
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Irrealis (未然形)
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のどなら |
のどなら |
nodo nara
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Continuative (連用形)
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のどに のどなり |
のどに のどなり |
nodo ni nodo nari
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Terminal (終止形)
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のどなり |
のどなり |
nodo nari
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Attributive (連体形)
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のどなる |
のどなる |
nodo naru
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Realis (已然形)
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のどなれ |
のどなれ |
nodo nare
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Imperative (命令形)
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のどなれ |
のどなれ |
nodo nare
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Key constructions
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Negative
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のどならず |
のどならず |
nodo narazu
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Contrasting conjunction
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のどなれど |
のどなれど |
nodo naredo
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Causal conjunction
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のどなれば |
のどなれば |
nodo nareba
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Conditional conjunction
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のどならば |
のどならば |
nodo naraba
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Past tense (firsthand knowledge)
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のどなりき |
のどなりき |
nodo nariki
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Past tense (secondhand knowledge)
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のどなりけり |
のどなりけり |
nodo narikeri
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Adverbial
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のどに |
のどに |
nodo ni
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Without auxiliary verb. With auxiliary verb.
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Derived terms
Descendants