Asijita - Asijita

Japanese: アシジタ - あしじた

...In ancient times, things worn under the feet were called ashishita, and this is a corrupted version. Today, geta are called ashijita on the islands of Satsuma and southern Japan, such as Yoron Island. In some places, high geta, foot tubs, and rice field geta are called ashida, and in eastern Japan, geta with high sashiba teeth (takageta in western Japan) are called ashida (ashida is a phonetic spelling).

From [Geta]

...Geta is a new word found in documents from the Edo period, written as 下踏 or げた, but since bridge beams, yugeta (a seating platform) and other flat boards with two legs attached have long been called keta or geta, in the early modern period, ashida and bokuri came to be called geta as well. In eastern Japan, high geta are called ashida, in the Amami and Okinawa regions geta are called ashijita or ashijiya, and in the Izu Islands and western Japan geta are called bokuri or bukuri, which are remnants of these names. The part of the geta on which the feet rest is called dai or koura (meaning a wide surface), geta made from a single piece of wood are called renshi geta, and those with teeth inserted are called sashishi geta. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "ashijita" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…足の下に履く物を古代にアシシタと呼び，それがなまったもの。現在与論島など薩南の島々では下駄をアシジタという。高下駄や足桶，田下駄などをアシダというところがあり，東日本では，歯の高い差歯（さしば）の下駄(西日本では高下駄)をアシダ(足駄は当て字)と呼んでいる。…

【下駄】より

…ゲタは下踏，下駄と書かれて江戸時代の文献から見られる新しい言葉であるが，橋桁や湯げた(腰掛台)など平板に2本の足をつけたものを古くよりケタまたはゲタと呼んできたことから，近世になってアシダやボクリもゲタと呼ぶようになった。東日本で高下駄をアシダ，奄美･沖縄地方で下駄をアシジタ，アシジヤといい，伊豆諸島や西日本で下駄をボクリ，ブクリというのはこれらの名残である。　下駄の足をのせる部分を台またはコウラ(広い表の意)といい，一木作りの下駄を連歯下駄，歯を差し込んだものを差歯下駄という。…

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