# あぜ
## Japanese
### Etymology 1

* Alternative spellings
* 畔 畦 畷 (uncommon, nonstandard) 阡 (very rare, nonstandard) 疇 (very rare, nonstandard)
First attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (934).
The word is almost certainly a compound of 畔 (a), perhaps with the ze derived from se as an instance of rendaku (連濁). However, the potential second element has not been clearly identified.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) あぜ [àzéꜜ] (Odaka –)
* (Tokyo) あぜ [áꜜzè] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [a̠ze̞]
* (Kyoto) あ​ぜ [ázè] (Kōki)

#### Noun

あぜ • (aze)
* [from 934] 畔, 畦: an embankment or ridge between rice paddies used for storing water and separation
    Synonym: くろ (kuro)
* [unknown] 畔, 畦: a division in between a threshold or a lintel

### Etymology 2

From Eastern Old Japanese あぜ (aze), attested in the 東歌 (azuma uta, “Eastern songs”) of the Man'yōshū (759).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) あぜ [áꜜzè] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [a̠ze̞]

#### Pronoun

あぜ • (aze)
* [from 759] (archaic) why
    Synonyms: どうして (dōshite), なぜ (naze)
** 1775, Butsurui Shōko; text here
    なぜと云事を薩摩にて・なじかいと云古き哥に　〽大和かい西はあじかを関東べい都こざんすいせをりやります　西土にてあじかをと云もなじかいといふにひとし総州及東奥にて・あぜといふ　江戸にて・なぜといふ京にて・なせにと清｛すみ｝ていふ案になぜとは胡｛なんぞ｝也とがめ　たる言葉也『万葉』にあぜそもこよひよしろきまさぬなと詠り古き詞なりThe dialectal forms of Japanese naze "why" in the dialects: in Satsuma, it is called najikai; an archaic song says "Yamato kai nishi wa ajika wo Kantō bei miyako zansuise[?] wori yarimasu"; in Saido it is called ajika, for which they're equivalent; in Sōshū and Tōoku, it is called aze; in Edo, it is called naze; in the capital, it's clearly called nase; as a note, naze is questioned for nanzo. Worth noting is the word exists in the Man'yōshū, reciting "aze somo koyofi yoshiro kimasanu".
* [from 1779–1780] (possibly obsolete) no way; expresses surprise and doubt

### Etymology 3

* Alternative spelling
* 綜
First attested in the Myōgoki (1275); of uncertain origin; but one theory suggests cognancy with 畔・畦 (aze).

#### Noun

あぜ • (aze)
* [from 1275] (obsolete or Shimane) a tool for producing thread warp

### Etymology 4

* Alternative spelling
* 校
First attested in the Utsubo Monogatari (970–999).
Possibly cognate with the aza- in 貯ふ (azafu, “to stack various objects”, obsolete).

#### Noun

あぜ • (aze)
* [from 970–999] (hapax, obsolete) the act of stacking long timbers with triangular ends crossing horizontally and vertically
** [from 970–999] (hapax, obsolete, by extension) a storehouse made from such material

### Etymology 5

First cited to a text from 1892; of unknown origin.

#### Noun

あぜ • (aze)
* [from 1892] (slang, criminal) fool; idiot; buffoon

### References

* 1 2 3 4 “あぜ 【畔・畦】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* 1 2 Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
* 1 2 “あぜ 【畔・畦】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
* ↑ “あぜ 【綜】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
* 1 2 “あぜ 【校】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
* ↑ “あぜ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN