高麗人

Compound of 高麗 (koma, “Goguryeo”) +‎ 人 (pito, “person”).[1][2] The hito changes to bito as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞ma̠bʲito̞]

高麗人 (hiragana こまびと, rōmaji komabito)

1. (historical) a person from the Goguryeo or Goryeo kingdoms on the Korean Peninsula

/komabito/ → /komaudo/

Shift from komabito above, demonstrating regular ウ音便 (u onbin, “'u' sound shift”).[1][2]

Appears with this reading in the late 900s CE.

高麗人 (hiragana こまうど, rōmaji komaudo)

1. (historical) a person from the Goguryeo or Goryeo kingdoms on the Korean Peninsula
   • 970-999, Utsubo Monogatari (Toshikage)

     七歳になる年、父が高麗人にあふに、此七歳なる子、父をもどきて、高麗人(こまうど)と文をつくりかはしければ [...]

• Kōno, Tama (c. 970–999) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 10: Utsubo Monogatari 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1959, →ISBN.

• ウ音便 ("u" sound shift) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja