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Japanese
[edit]Etymology 1
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諸 双 (rare) 両 (rare) |
From Old Japanese. Attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 in the compound 諸木舟 (moroki fune, “a boat or ship constructed of many pieces of lumber”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]- [from late 800s] 諸, 双, 両: both, double
- 諸手、諸腰、諸刃、双親、両筈
- morote, morokoshi, moroha, morōya, morohazu
- both hands, both hips, double-bladed, both parents, both nocks (a sumo move wherein the wrestler gets both arms under the opponent's arms and pushes)
- 諸手、諸腰、諸刃、双親、両筈
- [from 720] 諸: many, various, all of
- 諸人、諸諸、諸越
- morobito, moromoro, morokoshi
- many people / all of the people, lots of things / various things, all those Yue / the Hundred Yue (a confederation of tribes in ancient China)
- 諸人、諸諸、諸越
- [from early 1500s] 諸: indicating something done by many people or things together
- 諸声、諸向き
- morogoe, moromuki
- a chorus / voices in harmony, everyone or everything facing the same direction
- 諸声、諸向き
Derived terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]The reading of various names.
Proper noun
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “諸木舟”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006