神戸

⟨kamu pe₁⟩ → ⟨kamube₁⟩ → */kamubʲe/ → /kaũbe/ → /kɔːbe/ → /koːbe/

Originally a compound of 神 (kamu, Old Japanese combining form of kami, “(Shinto) god, deity”) +‎ 戸 (he, “house”); itself referring to 生田神社 (Ikuta Jinja, “Ikuta Shrine”) as attested in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).^[1][2]

• (Tokyo) こーべ [kóꜜòbè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːbe̞]

神(こう)戸(べ) • (Kōbe) ^{←かうべ (Kaube)?}

1. Kobe (the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan)

   昨日(きのう)、神(こう)戸(べ)から東(とう)京(きょう)に引(ひ)っ越(こ)しました。

   Kinō, Kōbe kara Tōkyō ni hikkoshimashita.

   I moved from Kobe to Tokyo yesterday.

• → English: Kobe

• IPA^(key): [kã̠mbe̞]

神戸(かんべ) • (kanbe) 

1. Kambe

神戸(かんべ) • (Kanbe) 

1. Used in 神戸藩 and 神戸城

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩŋko̞]

神戸(じんこ) • (jinko) 

1. Alternative pronunciation of "Kambe".

• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ːdo̞]

神戸(ごうど) • (Gōdo) 

1. Used in 神戸町.

• IPA^(key): [kã̠ndo̞]

神戸(かんど) • (Kando) 

1. a village in Tottori, Tottori Prefecture

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩŋɡo̞]

神戸(じんご) • (Jingo) 

1. a place in Japan

• IPA^(key): [ka̠no̞to̞]

神戸(かのと) • (Kanoto) 

1. a place in Japan

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːdo̞]

神戸(こうど) • (Kōdo) 

1. Only used in 貴志川町神戸.

Compound of 神 (kamu, combining form of kami₂, “(Shinto) god, deity”) +‎ 戸 (pe₁, “house”). The pe₁ changes to be₁ as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

神戸 (kamube₁) (kana かむべ)

1. under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system, a shrine in the 封戸 (fuko) household of taxation
   • 720, Nihon Shoki, Emperor Sujin, seventh year of reign [c. 90 BCE], thirteenth day of the eleventh month:

     然後卜祭_二他社_一、吉_レ焉。便別祭_二八十萬群神_一。仍定_二天社、國社、及神地、神戸_一。

     Then after was the divination and veneration to the other gods, thereupon [it was] good. Then the other eighty and ten thousand gods were venerated separately. A shrine was dedicated to the ama tsu yashiro [heavenly deities], kuni tsu yashiro [national deities], as well as the godly places and the shrine households.

• Japanese: 神戸 (kanbe, Kōbe)