とと

See also: とど and どど

Japanese

Etymology 1

First attested in the Muromachi period.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

とと • (toto) 

  1. (childish or archaic women's speech) a fish
    Synonyms: とっと (totto), 御魚 (ototo)
  2. (childish) a chicken, pigeon, or occasionally a dog, cat, etc.
    Synonym: とっと (totto)
Derived terms
  • 御(お)魚(とと) (ototo)
Idioms

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

とと • (toto) 

  1. imitation of the sound of a chicken, pigeon, etc.
    Synonym: とっと (totto)

Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of とと – see the following entry.
【父】2
[noun] (childish) one's own father: daddy
[noun] (by later extension) a husband, master of the house
(This term, とと, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as とと, see Category:Japanese kanji read as とと.)

Old Japanese

Etymology

Dialectal form of つつ (tutu).

Particle

とと (to2to2)

  1. (regional, Central Eastern Old Japanese) while, as... [verb]-ing
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 20, poem 4421:
      , text here
      和我由伎乃伊伎都久之可婆安之我良乃美禰波保久毛乎美等登志努波禰
      waga yuki1 no2 iki1tukusikaba Asigara no2 mi1ne papo kumo wo mi1to2to2 sino1pane
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Usage notes

Attaches to the 連用形 (ren'yōkei) or stem form of a verb.

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