刀自

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
刀	自
と Grade: 2	じ Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とじ [tóꜜjì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [to̞ʑi]

Noun

刀(と)自(じ) • (toji)

matron

Derived terms

母刀自(あもとじ) (amotoji), 母刀自(おもとじ) (omotoji), 母刀自(ははとじ) (hahatoji)
家刀自(いえとじ) (ietoji)
大刀自(おおとじ) (ōtoji), 大刀自(おとじ) (otoji)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
刀	自
とう Grade: 2	じ Grade: 2
goon

Alteration of toji.^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とーじ [tóꜜòjì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [to̞ːʑi]

Noun

刀(とう)自(じ) • (tōji)

matron

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
刀	自
Grade: 2	Grade: 2

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 刀自 (toji, “matron”).

Noun

刀自(とぅじ) (tuji)

wife