とと
See also: とど and どど
Japanese
Etymology 1
First attested in the Muromachi period.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
とと • (toto)
- (childish or archaic women's speech) a fish
- Synonyms: とっと (totto), 御魚 (ototo)
- (childish) a chicken, pigeon, or occasionally a dog, cat, etc.
- Synonym: とっと (totto)
Derived terms
- 御魚 (ototo)
Idioms
- 雑魚の魚交じり (zako no toto majiri)
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.
Interjection
とと • (toto)
- imitation of the sound of a chicken, pigeon, etc.
- Synonym: とっと (totto)
Etymology 3
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(This term, とと, is an alternative spelling of the above term. For a list of all kanji read as とと, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as とと.) |
Old Japanese
Etymology
Dialectal form of つつ (tutu).
Particle
とと (to2to2)
- (regional, Central Eastern Old Japanese) while, as... [verb]-ing
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 20, poem 4421), text here
- 和我由伎乃伊伎都久之可婆安之我良乃美禰波保久毛乎美等登志努波禰
- waga yuki1 no2 iki1tukusikaba Asigara no2 mi1ne papo kumo wo mi1to2to2 sino1pane
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 20, poem 4421), text here
Usage notes
Attaches to the 連用形 (ren'yōkei) or stem form of a verb.