# 古田
## Chinese

* 古田

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “古 from 坵?”)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Gǔtián
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gu$^2$ tin$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): Kŭ-chèng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kou$^3$ ceng$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kó͘-chhân
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Gǔtián
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Gǔtián
*** Wade–Giles: Ku$^3$-tʻien$^2$
*** Yale: Gǔ-tyán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Guutyan
*** Palladius: Гутянь (Gutjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gu$^2$ tin$^4$
*** Yale: gú tìhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gu$^2$ tin$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gu$^2$ tin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuː³⁵ tʰiːn²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Kŭ-chèng
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu⁵⁵ $^{(t͡sʰ-)}$ʒɛiŋ⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: kou$^3$ ceng$^2$ [Phonetic: kou$^2$ leng$^2$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Kô-chéng
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɔu⁴⁵³⁻¹³ $^{(t͡sʰ-)}$lɛŋ¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: kou$^3$ ceng$^2$ [Phonetic: kou$^1$ leng$^2$]
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɔu³³²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(t͡sʰ-)}$lɛŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kó͘-chhân
*** Tâi-lô: Kóo-tshân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kofzhaan
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰan²⁴/

#### Proper noun

古田
* (～縣) Gutian (a county of Ningde, Fujian, China)

##### Descendants

* → English: Gutian, Kucheng

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Gǔtián
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gu$^2$ tin$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Gǔtián
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Gǔtián
*** Wade–Giles: Ku$^3$-tʻien$^2$
*** Yale: Gǔ-tyán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Guutyan
*** Palladius: Гутянь (Gutjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gu$^2$ tin$^4$
*** Yale: gú tìhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gu$^2$ tin$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gu$^2$ tin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuː³⁵ tʰiːn²¹/

#### Proper noun

古田
* (～鎮) Gutian (a town in Shanghang, Longyan, Fujian, China)

##### Descendants

* → English: Gutian

### References

* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “古田”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 659.

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 古 | 田 |
| ふる Grade: 2 | た Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||
Kanji in this term :
| 古 | 田 |
| ふる > ふっ Grade: 2 | た Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||
Compound of 古(ふる) (furu, “old, worn out”, noun) + 田(た) (ta, “field, paddy”). Literally, “old (rice) field”.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ふるた [fúꜜrùtà] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ɸɯ̟ɾɯ̟ta̠]
* (Tokyo) ふった [fúꜜttà] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ɸɯ̟t̚ta̠]

#### Noun

古(ふる)田(た) • (furuta)
* (agriculture) old rice paddy; worn out, abandoned field

#### Proper noun

古(ふる)田(た) • (Furuta)
* Furuta (neighborhoods in Japan):
** A neighborhood of Nishinoomote, Kagoshima prefecture.
** A neighborhood of Motoyama, Kōchi prefecture.
** A neighborhood of Kawachi, Tochigi prefecture.
** A neighborhood of Harima, Hyōgo prefecture.
** A neighborhood of Oguni, Yamagata prefecture.
** A neighborhood of Kushimoto, Wakayama prefecture.
* a surname

#### Proper noun

古(ふっ)田(た) • (Futta)
* Futta (a neighborhood of Kawai, Iwate prefecture, Japan)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 古 | 田 |
| こ Grade: 2 | た Grade: 1 |
| jūbakoyomi ||
Kanji in this term :
| 古 | 田 |
| こ Grade: 2 | た > だ Grade: 1 |
| jūbakoyomi ||
The ta changes to da as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ko̞ta̠]
* IPA: [ko̞da̠]

#### Proper noun

古(こ)田(た) • (Kota)
* (history) the Honda feudal territory (知行地 (chigyō-chi)) of the Tosa Domain

#### Proper noun

古(こ)田(だ) • (Koda)
* Koda (a neighborhood of Tahara, Aichi prefecture, Japan)
* Koda (the neighborhoods of Shibata and Niigata, Niigata prefecture, Japan)

### Etymology 3

Kanji in this term :
| 古 | 田 |
| こ Grade: 2 | でん Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 古田 (Gǔtián).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ko̞dẽ̞ɴ]

#### Proper noun

古(こ)田(でん) • (Koden)
* Gutian (a county of Ningde, Fujian, China)