Kanji 足 leg, foot, be sufficient Related words 母はは Standard modern word for 'mother', used in everyday conversation. 垂乳女 is an archaic poetic synonym.
垂乳根たらちね Related archaic term meaning 'mother' or 'parent', often used as a pillow word in classical poetry. 垂乳女 is a variant with a similar meaning.
Written forms 垂乳女たらちめ
Archaic kanji spelling for 'mother', using characters that evoke the image of a woman with hanging breasts. Rarely used in modern Japanese.
足乳女たらちめ
Variant archaic spelling; the first character means 'foot' or 'leg', but the compound is still read たらちめ and refers to 'mother'.
Etymology An archaic word for “mother,” closely related to たらちね . The spelling 垂乳女 interprets it as a woman with pendant or nursing breasts, but the deeper origin of the spoken form is uncertain.
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