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Japanese
Etymology 1
From Old Japanese. Attested since at least the Man'yōshū of 759.
Analyzable as 仮定形 (kateikei)/已然形 (izenkei) of verb 言う (iu, to say) + inflectional suffix ど (do, indicating contrasting conjunction) + particle も (mo).
The kanji spelling is from Middle Chinese via kanbun.
Up through the Heian period, the reading ifu to mo was used specifically for hypothetical statements, while the iedo mo reading was used specifically for conditional statements. Over time, this distinction eroded, and by the Edo period, the iedo mo reading was used for both cases.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
雖も • (iedomo) ←いへども (ifedomo)?
- (literary) even though; despite; notwithstanding
Usage notes
Some style guides may proscribe the alternative spelling 言えども in formal contexts.
Etymology 2
Alternative spelling
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言うとも
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From Old Japanese. Attested since at least the Man'yōshū of 759.
Analyzable as verb 言う (iu, “to say”) + particle と (to) + particle も (mo).
Up through the Heian period, the reading ifu to mo was used specifically for hypothetical statements, while the iedo mo reading was used specifically for conditional statements. Over time, this distinction eroded, and by the Edo period, the iedo mo reading was used for both cases.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
雖も • (iutomo) ←いふとも (ifutomo)?
- (literary, archaic, possibly obsolete) even though; despite; notwithstanding
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 “雖”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 “雖も”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN