たら

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Particle

たら • (tara) 

  1. Follows a past-tense subordinate clause of condition; if; when.
  2. after doing something
Usage notes

Attaches to verbs and adjectives in the same way as た (-ta).

This word is morphologically an inflectional suffix. In traditional Japanese grammar, it is treated as the kateikei of the auxiliary verb た (-ta).　

For the differences between たら and なら, please see なら.

See also

Etymology 2

From Old Japanese. Attested in Shosōin documents spelled variously as 多羅, 太良, and 太羅.[1] In turn, possibly borrowed from an ancestor of Korean 달 (dal, “reed”).

Already fell into disuse sometime after the Heian period, as the last dictionaries to mention this was the Shinsen Jikyō of 898-901, and the Wamyō Ruijushō of 934.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ta̠ɾa̠]

Noun

たら • (tara) 

  1. (obsolete) knotweed
    Synonym: 蓼 (tade)
    • Shōjū with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (898–901) Shinsen Jikyō (Zōteiban) (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 15 December 1967, →ISBN.
      蓼 太豆 又太良
      Knotweed: tado (sic. tade) or tara

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of たら – see the following entries.
【鱈】H
[noun] codfish
Alternative spellings
大口魚, 鰔, タラ
【楤】H
[noun] Japanese angelica tree (Aralia elata)
Alternative spellings
桵, タラ
【太良】
[proper noun] a town in Fujitsu district, Saga Prefecture, Japan
(This term, たら (tara), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as たら, see Category:Japanese kanji read as たら.)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Omodaka, Hisataka (1967) 時代別国語大辞典 上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN, page 449
  2. ^ “たら”, 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

Old Japanese

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from an ancestor of Korean 달 (dal, “reed”).

Noun

たら (transliteration needed)

  1. knotweed

Descendants

  • Japanese: たら (tara, obsolete)
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