ふつ

See also: ぶつ

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

【仏】5 [affix] Short for フランス (Furansu): France

(This term, ふつ (futsu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as ふつ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ふつ.)

Etymology 2

Cognate with Proto-Ryukyuan *putu.

Pronunciation

• (Kagoshima) ふっ​ [fú'ꜜ] (type B)^[1]

Noun

ふつ • (futsu) 

1. (dialect, Kagawa, Yamaguchi, Kyūshū) mugwort

   Synonym: 蓬 (yomogi, standard)

   • 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki:
     ^[2]

     Futçu. フツ (ふつ) 灸をすえるのに用いる草. 下(X.)の語. ¶ Futçumochi (ふつ餅) この草を入れて作った米の餅. 上(Cami)では, Yomogui (蓬)と言う。

     Futsu. A type of grass used for combustion. Kyūshū language. ¶ Futsumochi. A rice cake made with this type of grass. The word used in the capital language is called yomogi.

References

1. 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), pages 5370-5372
2. Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.

Further reading

• “ふつ”, in 日本方言大辞典 (Nihon Hōgen Daijiten, “Nihon Hōgen Daijiten”) ‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1989, released online 2016, →ISBN