てふ
See also: でぶ
Japanese
Etymology
⟨to2 ipu⟩ → /tepu/ → /tefu/ → */tewu/ → /teu/ → /t͡ɕeu/ → /t͡ɕoː/
Shift from classical phrase と言ふ (to ifu).
Compare 蝶 (tefu → chō, “butterfly”).
Phrase
てふ or ちょう • (chō) ←てふ (tefu)?
- (archaic) Short for と言う (to iu): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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.- 1205, Shin Kokin Wakashū (book 3 poem 175), text here (also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 2)
- 春過ぎて夏来にけらし白妙の衣ほすてふ天の香具山
- haru sugite natsu ki-ni-kerashi shirotae no koromo hosu chō Ama no Kaguyama
- (please add an English translation of this example)
- 春過ぎて夏来にけらし白妙の衣ほすてふ天の香具山
- c. 1005, Shūi Wakashū (book 11, poem 621; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 41)
- 恋すてふわが名はまだき立にけり人知れずこそ思ひそめしか
- koi su chō waga na wa madaki tachi-ni-keri hito shirezu koso omoisomeshika
- (please add an English translation of this example)
- 恋すてふわが名はまだき立にけり人知れずこそ思ひそめしか
- 1205, Shin Kokin Wakashū (book 3 poem 175), text here (also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 2)
Proper noun
てふ • (Tefu)
- a female given name
てふ or ちょう • (Chō) ←てふ (tefu)?
- a unisex given name