みと

Japanese

Etymology 1

/mi1to1/: [mito]. mi1 is an affix expressing reverence and to1 means either gate (passage way) or place, location.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʲito̞]

Noun

みと • (mito) 

  1. (archaic) genitalia
    • 712: Kojiki
      其八上比賣者、如先期美刀阿多波志都。此七字以音。
      KA NO2 YAGAMI1pi1me1 pa SAKI1 ni KANESIGO2TO2KU mi1to1atapasitu. KO2 NO2 SITIZI OMU WO MO2TIWIRU
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • みとあたわす (mitoatawasu)
  • みとのまぐわい (mitonomaguwai)

See also

Etymology 2

Proper noun

みと • (Mito) 

For pronunciation and definitions of みと – see the following entry.
【水戸】
[proper noun] Mito (a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan)
[proper noun] a surname
(This term, みと (mito), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as みと, see Category:Japanese kanji read as みと.)

References

  • Kurano, Kenji with Yūkichi Takeda (712) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Kojiki, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1958, →ISBN, page 224
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