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Japanese
Etymology
Compound of 連れ (tsure, “coming or going with, accompanying”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 連れる (tsureru, “to come or go with, to accompany”)) + 子 (ko, “child”).[1][2][3][4]
Also found with the geminate reading tsurekko. This latter form is attested from at least 1900.[1]
Also found with the voiced reading tsurego.[5] This appears to be less common, and is not listed in various references.[1][2][3][4][6]
Pronunciation
Common:
Geminate:
Uncommon voiced:
Noun
連れ子 or 連れ子 or 連れ子 • (tsureko or tsurekko or tsurego)
- stepchild, child from previous marriage
Synonyms
- 継子 (mamako, refers more generally to any child of a parent who is not a blood relation: could also be an adoptee or foster child)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ “連れ子”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN