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綱手 (つなで) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

綱つな手で

つ

な

で

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Meanings

1

noun

A rope used to secure a boat or ship to a dock or mooring.

船ふねを岸きしに綱手つなでつないだ。
We tied the boat to the shore with a mooring rope.

Kanji

綱hawser, class (genus), rope
手hand

Etymology

Compound of 綱 (tsuna, 'rope') and 手 (te, 'hand'), with rendaku voicing of 手 to で. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with a rope used for mooring.