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ぬすど【盗人】

nusudo

Definition

Noun

  1. Thief

Etymology

Cognate to Tottori ぬしと nushito; Niigata and Takajima (Nagasaki) のすっと nosutto; Amakusa (Kumamoto) ぬすど nusudo and ぬすっと nusutto; Kagoshima ぬすと nusutoぬしと nushito and ぬいど nuido; Kagoshima and Tokunoshima ぬしど nushido; Okinawan ぬすどぅ nusudu and ぬする nusuru; and standard Japanese ぬすびと【盗人】 nusubito, ぬすっと nusutto and ぬすと nusuto "thief". Ultimately a compound of ぬすむ【盗む・偸む】 nusumu "to steal" and ひと【人】 hito "person".

Notes

Historically recorded for the Satsuma dialect in Gonza's works (ca. early 18th century) under the spelling нусдо (nusdo)

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji盗人
Kanaぬすど
Romanizationnusudo

意味:ぬすびと・ぬすっと・ぬすと【盗人】、どろぼう【泥棒・泥坊】、とうぞく【盗賊】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). ぬすど【盗人】 : nusudo | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 7, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/3397/nusudo/.