Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
やま
Grade: 1

Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Compound of (yama, mountain) +‎ (i, well (water source)).[1][2] Appears in the late 900s.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(やま)() (yamaiやまゐ (yamawi)?

  1. (archaic) a mountain well
    Synonym: 山の井 (yama no i)
Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:山井.

Proper noun edit

(やま)() (Yamaiやまゐ (yamawi)?

  1. a surname

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
やま(の)
Grade: 1

Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Compound of (yama, mountain) +‎ (no, possessive particle) +‎ (i, well (water source)).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

(やまの)() (Yamanoiやまのゐ (yamanowi)?

  1. a surname

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN