吾妻

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
吾	妻
あ Jinmeiyō	つま > づま Grade: 5
kun’yomi

From an earlier /aduma/.

Alternative forms

東
吾嬬

Noun

吾妻(あずま) • (azuma) ^{←あづま (aduma)^?}

the east
- c. 715: Fudoki (Hitachi)
  古者自相模國足柄岳坂以東諸縣惣我姬國 [...]
the lands east of the capital

See also

関東(かんとう) (Kantō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
吾	妻
あ(が) Jinmeiyō	つま Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [a̠ɡa̠t͡sɨᵝma̠]

Proper noun

吾(あが)妻(つま) • (Agatsuma) ^{←あがつま (agatuma)^?}

Agatsuma (a district of Gunma, Japan)

References

Akimoto, Kichirō (1958) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 2: Fudoki (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

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