あど

See also: アド

Japanese

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Japonic *anto; cognate with Proto-Ryukyuan *ado.

The initial a- is presumably related to 足 (a, “foot”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

(Kumamoto (Kagami), Oita (Notsu)) あど [àdóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [a̠do̞]

Noun

あど • (ado)

(dialect, Kyūshū) heel
- Butsurui Shōko, frame 20; text here
  跟(こん)きびすくびす […] 九(きゅう)州(しゅう)にてあどと云(いう)
  kon kibisu kubisu […] Kyūshū nite ado to iu
  Heel […] in Kyushu it is called ado

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あど [áꜜdò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [a̠do̞]

Noun

あど • (ado)

supporting actor in kyogen
Coordinate term: 仕手 (shite)

See also

仕(し)手(て) (shite)
脇(わき) (waki)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of あど – see the following entry.

【阿戸】	[proper noun] a surname

(This term, あど (ado), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

References

^ Hirayama, Teruo (平山照男); Ōshima Ichirō (大島一郎); Ōno Masao (大野眞男); Kuno Makoto (久野眞); Kuno Mariko (久野マリ子); Sugimura Takao (杉村孝夫) (1992-1994), 現代日本語方言大辞典 [Dictionary of Japanese Dialects], Tokyo: Meiji Shoin (明治書院), page 1085