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⟨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”).

• (Tokyo) のど (Atamadaka – )^[1]
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のど • (nodo) 

1. the throat

   のどが渇(かわ)く ― nodo ga kawaku ― to be thirsty (literally, “throat is dry”)

2. (by extension) one's singing voice
3. (by extension) one's vitals

のど (no₂do₂)

1. calm, relaxing, tranquil
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 2, first variant poem 197, first variant:

     明日香川四我良美渡之塞益者進留水母能杼爾賀有萬思

     Asuka-gapa sigarami₁ watasi sekamaseba nagaruru mi₁du mo no₂do₂ ni ka aramasi

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   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 13, poem 3335:

     ...惶八神之渡者吹風母和者不吹立浪母...

     ...kasiko₁ki₁ ya kami₂ no₂ watari pa puku kaze mo no₂do₂ ni pa pukazu...

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   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 13, poem 3339:

     ...鯨名取海路丹出而吹風裳箟跡丹者不吹立浪裳箟跡丹者不起...

     ...isana to₂ri umi₁di ni idete puku kaze mo no₂do₂ ni pa pukazu tatu nami₁ mo no₂do₂ ni pa tatanu...

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2. 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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• のどよふ (no₂do₂yo₂pu)

• Japanese: のどか (nodoka)