刀自

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
刀	自
Grade: 2	Grade: 2
Irregular

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) とじ [tóꜜjì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA^(key): [to̞ʑi]

Noun

刀自 (hiragana とじ, rōmaji toji)

matron

Derived terms

母刀自 (あもとじ) (amotoji), 母刀自 (おもとじ) (omotoji), 母刀自 (ははとじ) (hahatoji)
家刀自 (いえとじ) (ietoji)
大 (おお)刀 (と)自 (じ) (ōtoji), 大 (お)刀 (と)自 (じ) (otoji)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
刀	自
とう Grade: 2	じ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alteration of toji.[2]

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) とーじ [tóꜜòjì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
- IPA^(key): [to̞ːʑi]

Noun

刀自 (hiragana とうじ, rōmaji tōji)

matron

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Okinawan

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 刀自 (toji, “matron”).

Noun

刀自 (hiragana とぅじ, romaji tuji)

wife

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