てふ

See also: でふ and でぶ

Japanese

Etymology 1

/to iɸu/ → /teɸu/ → */tewu/ → /teu/ → /t͡ɕeu/ → /t͡ɕoː/

Shift from classical phrase と言ふ (to iu), in modern orthography と言う (to iu).

Compare the development of Middle Chinese-derived pronunciations such as 蝶 (chō, “butterfly”).

Phrase

てふ • (chō) ←てふ (tefu)?

  1. (poetic archaic, obsolete) Short for と言う (to iu):
    1. used in spoken attributions: they say...
      • 1205, Shin Kokin Wakashū (book 3, poem 175, also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 2)
        春(はる)過(す)ぎて夏(なつ)来(き)にけらし白妙(しろたへ)の衣(ころも)ほすてふ天(あま)の香具(かぐ)山(やま)
        haru sugite natsu kinikerashi shirotae no koromo hosu chō Ama no Kaguyama
        As spring passes and summer just around the corner, they say [there are] magnificently white robes for drying at heavenly mount Kagu.
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      • 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 11, poem 519)
        しのぶれば苦(くる)しきものを人(ひと)知(し)れず思(おも)ふてふこと誰(たれ)にかたらむ
        shinobureba kurushiki mono o hito shirezu omou chō koto tare ni kataran
        Hiding this painful feeling to that certain someone, to whom should I talk about this pondering?
      • c. 1005–07, Shūi Wakashū (book 11, poem 621; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 41)
        恋(こひ)すてふわが名(な)はまだき立(たち)にけり人(ひと)知(し)れずこそ思(おも)ひそめしか
        koisu chō waga na wa madaki tachinikeri hito shirezu koso omoisomeshika
        About longing: my self stood up just a while back when they asked, “Who are you thinking of?”
    3. indicates apposition: who is..., also known as...
Conjugation
Classical conjugation of "てふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) -
Continuative (連用形) -
Terminal (終止形) てふtefu
Attributive (連体形) てふtefu
Realis (已然形) てへtefe
Imperative (命令形) てへtefe
Key constructions
Negative -
Contrasting conjunction -
Causal conjunction -
Conditional conjunction -
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) -
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) -
Perfect tense (conscious action) -
Perfect tense (natural event) -
Perfect-continuative tense てへりteferi
Adverbial -
Volitional -
See also
  • ちふ (chū) and とふ (tō), similar development of the same phrase in Old Japanese

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of てふ – see the following entries.
【蝶ちょう】J
[noun] a butterfly (insect)
Alternative spelling
チョウ
(This term, てふ, is a historical kana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as てふ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as てふ.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 牒, 貼.)

Proper noun

てふ • (Tefu) 

  1. a female given name

てふ • (Chō) 

  1. a unisex given name
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