高麗人

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
高 麗 人
こう > こ
Grade: 2 		ま
Grade: S 		ひと > びと
Grade: 1
irregular

Compound of 高麗 (koma, “Goguryeo”) +‎ 人 (pito, “person”).[1][2] The hito changes to bito as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

高(こ)麗(ま)人(びと) • (komabito) 

  1. (historical) a person from the Goguryeo or Goryeo kingdoms on the Korean Peninsula

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
高 麗 人
こう > こ
Grade: 2 		ま
Grade: S 		ひと > うど
Grade: 1
irregular

/komabito/ → /komaudo/

Shift from komabito above, demonstrating regular ウ音便 (u onbin, “'u' sound shift”).[1][2]

Appears with this reading in the late 900s CE.

Noun

高(こ)麗(ま)人(うど) • (komaudo) 

  1. (historical) a person from the Goguryeo or Goryeo kingdoms on the Korean Peninsula
    • 970–999, Utsubo Monogatari, page Toshikage:
      七歳になる年、父が高麗人にあふに、此七歳なる子、父をもどきて、高麗人(こまうど)と文をつくりかはしければ [...]
      The year he became seven, as his father met with Goryeons, this seven year old child having mimiced his father, when he had come to conduct an exchange of letters with the Goryeons,

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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