そほど
Old Japanese
Etymology
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Noun
そほど (so2podo2)
- a scarecrow
- 711–712, Kojiki (First scroll, Ōkuninushi no kami)
- 故、顯白、其少名毘古那神、所謂久延毘古者於今者、山田之曾富騰者也。此神者、足雖不行、盡知天下之事神也。
- The Kuye-biko who revealed [the identity of] Sukuna-biko-na-nö-kamï is now called the scarecrow of the mountain paddies. This deity, although his feet do not walk, is a deity who knows all things under the heavens.[1]
- 711–712, Kojiki (First scroll, Ōkuninushi no kami)
Usage notes
Modern Japanese dictionaries use そおど (sōdo) as reference.[2][3]
Descendants
- Japanese: そおず (sōzu)
References
- Donald L. Philippi (2015) Kojiki (Volume 2255 of Princeton Legacy Library), Princeton University Press, →ISBN, pages 116-117
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN