もち

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

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糯

Alternative spelling
糯

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) もち [mòchí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mo̞t͡ɕi]

Noun edit

もち • (mochi) ^{←もち (moti)^?}

glutinous rice

Synonyms edit

糯米(もちごめ) (mochigome)

Coordinate terms edit

粳(うるち) (uruchi)

Etymology 2 edit

Alternative spelling
黐

Cognate with 糯 (mochi, “glutinous rice”).^[2]^[3]^[1] The term mochi appears to have had a root meaning of sticky, stickiness, something sticky,^[4]^[5] possibly from 持ち (mochi, “holding”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 持つ (motsu, “to hold”).

The birdlime sense appears to have arisen from the use of a substance similar to pounded 糯 (mochi, “glutinous rice”) to trap birds and other small animals. This substance was derived primarily from the bark of the 黐の木 (mochi no ki, “Ilex integra, the mochi tree, a variety of holly”).^[2]^[1]^[6]

First appears in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE.^[2]^[7]

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) もち [móꜜchì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[6]
IPA^(key): [mo̞t͡ɕi]

Noun edit

もち or モチ • (mochi)

birdlime (adhesive substance used for trapping birds)
Synonym: 鳥黐 (torimochi)
Short for 黐の木 (mochi no ki): Ilex integra, a species of holly

Usage notes edit

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as モチ.

Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of もち – see the following entry.

【餅】S	[noun] mochi (Japanese rice cake made from glutinous rice, usually mixed with other ingredients) [proper noun] a surname

(This term, もち, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as もち, see Category:Japanese kanji read as もち.)

Etymology 4 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of もち – see the following entry.

【持ち】	[noun] holding, possession [noun] wear, durability [verb] continuative of 持つ

(This term, もち, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as もち, see Category:Japanese kanji read as もち.)

Etymology 5 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of もち – see the following entry: 望

(The following entry is uncreated: 望.)

Etymology 6 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of もち – see the following entry: 以ち

(The following entry is uncreated: 以ち.)

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN, explanatory text at the bottom here in the [語誌] section (in Japanese)
^ 餅 entry in Gogen-Allguide (in Japanese)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^
c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 13, poem 3239:
, text available here

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[3] Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[4] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN, explanatory text at the bottom here in the [語誌] section (in Japanese)

[5] 餅 entry in Gogen-Allguide (in Japanese)

[SMK5-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[7] 
c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 13, poem 3239:
, text available here

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