わろ

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

/waro2/ → /waro/. Likely a compound of 我 (wa) and suffix ろ (ro).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ɾo̞]

Pronoun

わろ (rōmaji waro)

  1. 我: (archaic) first person personal pronoun; I, me, oneself
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 20, poem 4343)
      和呂多比波 多比等於米保等 已比尓志弖 古米知夜須良牟 和加美可奈志母

References

  • Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 4: Man’yōshū 4 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2003, →ISBN.
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