てふ

See also: でぶ

Japanese

Etymology

⟨to2 ipu⟩ → /tepu/ → /tefu/ → */tewu/ → /teu/ → /t͡ɕeu/ → /t͡ɕoː/

Shift from classical phrase と言ふ (to ifu).

Compare 蝶 (tefu → chō, “butterfly”).

Phrase

てふ (hiragana ちょう, rōmaji chō, historical hiragana てふ)

  1. (archaic) Short for と言う (to iu): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    • 1205, Shin Kokin Wakashū (book 3 poem 175), text here (also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 2)
      春 (はる)過 (す)ぎて夏 (なつ)来 (き)にけらし白妙 (しろたへ)の衣 (ころも)ほすてふ天 (あま)の香 (か)具 (ぐ)山 (やま)
      haru sugite natsu ki-ni-kerashi shirotae no koromo hosu chō Ama no Kaguyama
      (please add an English translation of this example)
    • c. 1005, Shūi Wakashū (book 11, poem 621; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 41)
      恋 (こひ)すてふわが名 (な)はまだき立 (たち)にけり人 (ひと)知 (し)れずこそ思 (おも)ひそめしか
      koi su chō waga na wa madaki tachi-ni-keri hito shirezu koso omoisomeshika
      (please add an English translation of this example)

Proper noun

てふ (rōmaji Tefu)

  1. a female given name

てふ (hiragana ちょう, rōmaji Chō, historical hiragana てふ)

  1. a unisex given name
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