のど

Japanese
Alternative spellings
喉
咽
吭

Etymology

⟨no2mi1 to1⟩ → */nəmʲitʷo/ → /nomʉto//nomʉdo/ → /nondo/ → /nodo/

Shift from のんど (nondo), ultimately from a compound of 飲み (nomi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 飲む (nomu), “to drink”) +‎ 門 (to, “gate, door”).

Pronunciation

Noun

のど • (nodo) 

  1. the throat
    のどが渇(かわ)く ― nodo ga kawaku ― to be thirsty (literally, “throat is dry”)
  2. (by extension) one's singing voice
  3. (by extension) one's vitals
  4. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • のど自(じ)慢(まん) (nodojiman)
  • のどちんこ (nodochinko)
  • のどびこ (nodobiko)
  • 喉(のど)笛(ぶえ) (nodobue)
  • のどもと (nodomoto)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Old Japanese
Alternative spellings
閑
和

Adjective

のど (no2do2)

  1. calm, relaxing, tranquil
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 2, first variant poem 197, first variant:
      明日香川四我良美渡之塞益者進留水母能杼爾賀有萬思
      Asuka-gapa sigarami1 watasi sekamaseba nagaruru mi1du mo no2do2 ni ka aramasi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 13, poem 3335:
      ...惶八神之渡者吹風母和者不吹立浪母...
      ...kasiko1ki1 ya kami2 no2 watari pa puku kaze mo no2do2 ni pa pukazu...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 13, poem 3339:
      ...鯨名取海路丹出而吹風裳箟跡丹者不吹立浪裳箟跡丹者不起...
      ...isana to2ri umi1di ni idete puku kaze mo no2do2 ni pa pukazu tatu nami1 mo no2do2 ni pa tatanu...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. calm, peaceful
    • 749, Shoku Nihongi (Tenpyō-shōhō 1, first day of the fourth month in summer)
      海行波美豆久屍山行波草牟須屍王乃幣爾去曾死米能杼爾波不死
      umi1 yukaba mi1duku kabane yama yukaba kusa musu kabane opoki1mi1 no2 pe1 ni ko2so2 siname2 no2do2 ni pa sinazi
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Inflection
Classical conjugation of "のどなり" (ナリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) のどならのどならnodo nara
Continuative (連用形) のどに[1]
のどなり[2]		のどに
のどなり		nodo ni
nodo nari
Terminal (終止形) のどなりのどなりnodo nari
Attributive (連体形) のどなるのどなるnodo naru
Realis (已然形) のどなれのどなれnodo nare
Imperative (命令形) のどなれのどなれnodo nare
Key constructions
Negative のどならずのどならずnodo narazu
Contrasting conjunction のどなれどのどなれどnodo naredo
Causal conjunction のどなればのどなればnodo nareba
Conditional conjunction のどならばのどならばnodo naraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) のどなりきのどなりきnodo nariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) のどなりけりのどなりけりnodo narikeri
Adverbial のどにのどにnodo ni
[1]Without auxiliary verb.
[2]With auxiliary verb.

Derived terms
  • のどよふ (no2do2yo2pu)

Descendants
  • Japanese: のどか (nodoka)
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