靴下留め

靴下留め

Japanese

Kanji in this term
靴	下	留
くつ Grade: S	した Grade: 1	と > ど Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 靴下 (kutsushita, “sock”) +‎ 留め (tome, “stopping”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 留める tomeru, "to stop"). The tome changes to dome as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) くつしたどめ [kùtsúshítádómé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) くつしたどめ​ [kùtsúshítádóméꜜ] (Odaka – [6])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [kɯ̟̊ᵝt͡sɨᵝɕi̥ta̠do̞me̞]

Noun

靴下留め (hiragana くつしたどめ, rōmaji kutsushitadome)

1. garter, suspender

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN