🌏 Region(s): Kyushu (Kagoshima)
くっ【竃・竈】 : kuq · ku' | define meaning
kuq · ku'
Pronunciation: /kuQ/ [kuʔ]
Definition
Noun
- Japanese pond turtle (sp. Mauremys japonica); Japanese pond terrapin; Japanese pond tortoise
Etymology
Cognate to Fukuoka ぐうず guuzu, ごうず gouzu and ごうつ goutsu; Kagoshima くっ kuq and くし kushi; and the now-obsolete Japanese term こうず kouzu (historically written こうづ koudzu) "pond turtle".
Historical attestations:
- Vocabulario da Lingoa de Iapam (1603), aka Nippo Jisho (日葡辞書), records "côzzu" translated as "(freshwater) turtle".
Notes
Variant:
くし kushi
意味：いしがめ・イシガメ【石亀・水亀】