くが

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of くが – see the following entry.
【陸】4
[noun] 陸: [from 720] the land, the land portion of an area, as opposed to seas, rivers, lakes, swamps, etc.
[noun] 陸: [mid-1700s–???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) an overland route, as opposed to an oversea route
[proper noun] a surname
(This term, くが (kuga), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as くが, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くが.

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
玖珂

Derivation uncertain. Might be related to 陸 (kuga, “land area”).

The district was formed in 721, and is mentioned in the Man'yōshū poetry collection of 759.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) くが [kùgáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ɡa̠]

Proper noun

くが • (Kuga) 

  1. 玖珂: [from 721] a place name: a 郡 (gun, “district”) in Yamaguchi Prefecture

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “くが 【玖珂】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
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