紅葉ず
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
| 紅 | 葉 |
Etymology 1
/momitu/ > /momidu/. The final -tu voices to -du. In modern Japanese, the distinction between /tu, du/ no longer exists, and /du/ automatically becomes [zu]. From earlier momit-.
Verb
紅葉ず (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana もみず, romaji momizu, historical hiragana もみづ)
- for leaves to change colors in autumn
Etymology 2
From older quadragrade verb momid-. Conjugation shifted to upper bigrade momid-.
Verb
紅葉ず (intransitive, hiragana もみず, romaji momizu, historical hiragana もみづ)
- for leaves to change colors in autumn
Derived terms
- 紅葉 (momiji)