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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

Spelling

Orthography	Form
Kanji	竃竈
Kana	くっ
Romanization	kuq kuʔ ku'
Pronunciation (IPA)	/kuQ/ [kuʔ]

意味：いしがめ・イシガメ【石亀・水亀】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, August 7). くっ【竃・竈】 : kuq · ku' | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 9, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/5414/kuq-ku'/.