かこう

See also: かごう and がこう

Hachijō

Alternative forms

  • かこ (kako, "small piece of cloth" sense)

Etymology

From Old Japanese かかふ (kakapu, “rag”, see there for more), from Proto-Japonic *kakapu.

Noun

かこう (kakō) 

  1. a small piece of cloth
  2. a rag
  3. a patch of a cloth

References

Japanese

See also: かごう

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of かこう – see the following entry.
【囲う】
[verb] to enclose or surround as if with a wall, cutting off from outside influences
(This term, かこう (kakou), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of かこう – see the following entries.
【下降】
[noun] descent, fall
[verb] descend, fall
【火口】
[noun] (volcanology) a crater
[noun] the firedoor of a boiler
【加工】
[noun] manufacturing
[noun] processing
[verb] manufacture
[verb] process
【河口】
[noun] the mouth of a river, an estuary
【華甲】
[noun] 61 years of age (in East Asian age reckoning)
(This term, かこう (kakō), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet: 火工, 火孔, 火光, 火攻, 加功, 仮構, 花香, 花候, 花梗, 佳肴, 嘉肴, 河港, 架構, 歌行, 歌稿, 課口.)

Etymology 3

From Old Japanese かかふ (kakapu, “rag”, see there for more), from Proto-Japonic *kakapu.

Noun

かこう • (kakō) 

  1. [from the 1600s] (obsolete) a cloth or clothing stuffed with cotton

Usage notes

This word still persists in recorded dialectal records, albeit with different phonology and/or meanings.[1]

References

  1. ^ “かこう”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

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