草履

Japanese

Kanji in this term
草	履
そう > じょう Grade: 1	り Grade: S
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
草	履
そう > ぞう Grade: 1	り Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) In late Middle Japanese, the initial [zo] temporarily becomes affricate [dʒo].

/zauri/ → /zoːri/

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぞーり [zòórí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zo̞ːɾʲi]

Noun

草(ぞう)履(り) or 草履(ゾウリ) or 草(じょう)履(り) or 草履(ジョウリ) • (zōri or jōri) ^{←ざうり (zauri) or ザウリ (zauri) or じやうり (zyauri) or ジヤウリ (zyauri)?}

1. a type of flat, thonged sandal
   • c. 934, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 4):

     草履 楊氏漢語抄云草履、和名與屩同、俗云佐宇利

     Straw sandals The Yanagi clan's Chinese excerpts call them straw sandals, Japanese name same as given for '屩' [warakuto], commonly called sauri

   • c. 1177-1188, Iroha Jiruishō:

     草履 サウリ 和名与屩曰日記用浄履

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   • 1444, Kagakushū, volume 13:

     草（ジャウ）履　ザウリ

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   • 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 369:

     Iǒri (=ジョウリ)

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Derived terms

• 草(ぞう)履(り)虫(むし) (zōrimushi, “paramecium”)
• 草(ぞう)履(り)取(と)り (zōritori, “servant in charge of footwear”)

Descendants

• → Esperanto: zorio

References

• Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.
• Kamei, Takashi (1944) [1444] Kagakushū: Gennabon (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten
• Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.
• Tadakane, Tachibana with Atsuo Masamune (ed.) (c. 1177-1188) Iroha Jiruishō (in Japanese), Kazama Shobō, published 1971