とせ

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spelling
年

/to2se/ → /tose/

From Old Japanese.[1] Likely a shift in pronunciation from 年(とし) (toshi).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [to̞se̞]

Suffix

とせ • (-tose) ←とせ (tose)?

  1. (obsolete) used to count years
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 5, poem 880:
      , text :
      阿麻社迦留(あまざかる)、比奈尓伊都(ひなにいつ)等世(とせ)、周麻比都都(すまひつつ)、美夜故能提夫利(みやこのてぶり)、和周良延尓家利(わすらえにけり)
      Amazakaru, hina ni itsu tose, sumahitsutsu, miyako no teburi, wasuraenikeri
      While living five years in the far-remote countryside, I wound up forgetting the manners of the capital
Derived terms

Proper noun

とせ or トセ • (Tose) 

  1. a unisex given name
  2. 伊勢, 戸瀬, 登瀬: a surname
  3. 歳瀬, 翔星: a female given name
  4. 登勢: a unisex given name

References
  1. 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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