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Japanese
Etymology 1
Shift from previous 三つ (mitsu).
Pronunciation
Accent is adverbial.[1][2]
Noun
三つ • (mittsu)
- three things
Usage notes
三つ (mittsu) is used when the items counted have no specific counter category. See Wikipedia's "Japanese counter word" entry for details.
See also
Etymology 2
From Old Japanese.
By surface analysis, 三 (mi, “three”) + つ (tsu, generic counter word).
Pronunciation
Noun
三つ • (mitsu)
- Alternative form of 三つ (mittsu)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN