たれ

See also: だれ

Japanese

Etymology

Compound of た (ta) and suffix れ (re). Long form of ta.

Pronoun

たれ (rōmaji tare)

誰: (archaic) interrogative personal pronoun; who
- c. late 10th century Taketori Monogatari
  この女、「かくのたまふは誰（たれ）ぞ」と問ふ。
- c. late 10th century Taketori Monogatari
  大納言「悪しく探ればなき也」と腹立ちて、誰（たれ）ばかりおぼえんにとて、「吾上りて探らむ」とのたまふて[...]
- 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 614)
  Tare. タレ (誰) 誰. 例, Tarega maittaca. l, tareca maitta. (誰が参つたか. まはは, 誰か参つた) 誰が来たか. Tare naritomo. (誰なりとも) 誰であろうとも.

Derived terms

誰 (だれ) (dare)

References

Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.
Sakakura, Atsuyoshi; Yūichi Ōtsu, Hiroshi Tsukishima, Toshiko Abe, Imai Gen'e (1957) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 9: Taketori Monogatari, Ise Monogatari, Yamato Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

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