あくた

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spelling
芥

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Man'yōshū of 759.[1]

A surface analysis suggests a possible relation to root /kut-/, as in 朽ちる (kuchiru, “to break down, to fall into disrepair”), 草臥れる (kutabireru, “to become tired or worn out”), くたくた (kutakuta, “in a broken-down or worn-out manner”, adverb).

Pronunciation

Noun

あくた • (akuta) ←あくた (akuta)?

  1. [from 759] something rotten or broken: garbage, waste, dross
  2. (by extension) something worthless
Derived terms

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of あくた – see the following entry.
【芥田】
[proper noun] a surname
(This term, あくた, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as あくた, see Category:Japanese kanji read as あくた.)

References
  1. “芥”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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