東琴

Japanese

Kanji in this term
東	琴
あずま Grade: 2	こと > ごと Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 東 (azuma, archaic word for the east; by extension, Japan) +‎ 琴 (koto, “a koto, a zither”).[1] The koto changes to goto as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あずまごと [àzúmágóꜜtò] (Nakadaka – [4])
IPA^(key): [a̠zɨᵝma̠ɡo̞to̞]

Noun

東(あずま)琴(ごと) • (azumagoto) ^{←あづまごと (adumagoto)^?}

(music) a six-stringed koto or zither used to perform kagura music, more common in ancient times

Synonyms

大和琴(やまとごと) (yamatogoto), 倭琴(やまとごと) (yamatogoto)
和琴(わごん) (wagon), 倭琴(わごん) (wagon)
六弦琴(ろくげんきん) (rokugenkin), 六絃琴(ろくげんきん) (rokugenkin)
六(む)つの緒(お) (mutsu no o)

References

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN