大弓
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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大 | 弓 |
だい Grade: 1 |
きゅう Grade: 2 |
goon | kan’on |
May have been coined in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of 大 (dai, “large, great”) + 弓 (kyū, “bow”).
Alternatively, may be a reanalysis of older term 大弓 (ōyumi, see below), applying the on'yomi to the characters.
Appears in texts from the 1700s.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- a longbow, a great bow
- Synonym: (literally “long bow”) 長弓 (chōkyū)
- (more specifically) a Japanese longbow (traditionally 2.25m in length)
- Synonym: (literally “Japanese bow”) 和弓 (wakyū)
- a regular-sized bow (in contrast to the small 半弓 (hankyū, “shortbow”))
- Synonym: 弓 (yumi)
Coordinate terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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大 | 弓 |
おお Grade: 1 |
ゆみ Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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弩 |
/opojumi/ → /oɸojumi/ → */owojumi/ → /oːjumi/
Compound of 大 (ō, “large, great”) + 弓 (yumi, “bow”).[1][2][5]
Listed in the Wamyō Ruijushō of 938 CE.[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN