| Kuku' in the shinmei (name of god) is believed to be of the same root as kuki (stem), and is a word describing the way trees grow straight up, or trees (kiki, kigi) changed to kuku, kugu. |
神名の「クク」は、茎と同根で木が真っ直に立ち伸びる様を形容する言葉とも、木木（キキ・キギ）が転じてクク・クグになったものともいう。 |