FromOld Japanese,[1] fromProto-Japonic*Etu. Appears in theMan'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.[2]
The presence of otherOld Japanese indefinites beginning withい (i) suggests a possible shared root ofい (i, possibly “what” or “which”), as in如何(ikaga,“how”),何処(izuko,“where”),幾ら(ikura,“how many, how much”).
Likely cognate with easternOld Japanese wordidu (modernidzu orizu, “where”), still used in modern Japanese as part of the wordいずれ(izure,“which”).(Canthis(+) etymology besourced?)
いつ• (itsu)
- when
- いつ日本へ来ましたか。
- Itsu nihon e kimashita ka.
- When did you come to Japan?
- This word is usually written inhiragana.
- 何時(itsu) is more commonly used to meanwhen in terms of dates or days, while何時(nanji) is more commonly used to meanwhen in terms of time of day.
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
いつ• (itsu) ←いつ(itu)?
- (literary) majesty, authority
1900, “鉄道唱歌・東海道編(Tetsudō shōka Tōkaidō-hen)”: - 鞘より拔けておのづから 草なぎはらひし御劍の 御威は千代に燃ゆる火の 燒津の原はこゝなれや
- saya yori nukete onozukara kusanagi haraishi mitsurugi nomiitsu hachiyo ni moyuru hi no yaizunohara wa koko nare ya
- (please add an English translation of this example)
1941, “海の進軍”,海老沼正男 (lyrics): - 御稜威輝く大空に
- miitsu kagayaku ōzora ni
- (please add an English translation of this example)
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(This term,いつ(itsu), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read asいつ, seeCategory:Japanese kanji read as いつ. |
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- ^Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006),大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition,Tokyo:Sanseidō,→ISBN
- ^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
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