"祖語" meaning in Japanese

See 祖語 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [so̞ɡo̞] Forms: 祖語 [canonical] (ruby: 祖(そ), 語(ご)), sogo [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 祖語 (MC tsuX ngjoX, literally “ancestor + words, language”). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=そご}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|祖語|id=1,1|lit=ancestor + words, language}} 祖語 (MC tsuX ngjoX, literally “ancestor + words, language”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|そご}} 祖(そ)語(ご) • (sogo)
  1. (Buddhism) the words of the founder of a particular sect
    Sense id: en-祖語-ja-noun-j2sBn0Y0 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Buddhism, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 48 52 Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [so̞ɡo̞] Forms: 祖語 [canonical] (ruby: 祖(そ), 語(ご)), sogo [romanization]
Etymology: Appears to be a repurposing of the earlier Buddhist term as a calque of English proto-language. Etymology templates: {{calque|ja|en|proto-language|nocap=1}} calque of English proto-language Head templates: {{ja-noun|そご}} 祖(そ)語(ご) • (sogo)
  1. (linguistics) a proto-language from which later daughter languages evolve Synonyms: 母語
    Sense id: en-祖語-ja-noun-8-Kh53es Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Linguistics, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 23 77 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 18 82 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 18 82 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for 祖語 meaning in Japanese (3.6kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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