Old Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
もみ
Grade: 6 Grade: 3
jukujikun

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Cognate with classical verb 燃ゆ (⟨mo1yu⟩ → moyu), modern 燃える (moeru, to burn)?”

The kanji spelling is from 紅葉 (kōyō).

Verb edit

紅葉つ (momi1tu) (kana もみつ)

  1. to turn (color) in autumn, said of leaves
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 8, poem 1628:
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      (わが)屋前(やど)()芽子(はぎ)()(した)葉者(はは)秋風(あきかぜ)()(いまだ)(ふかね)()如此曽(かくぞ)毛美(もみ)(てる) [Man'yōgana]
      ()宿(やど)(はぎ)(した)()秋風(あきかぜ)もいまだ()かねばかくぞもみてる [Modern spelling]
      waga yado no hagi no shitaba wa akikaze mo imada fukaneba kaku zo momiteru
      The underleaves of bush clover from my garden have turned this bright even though the autumn wind has not yet begun to blow.[1]

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Descendants edit

  • Japanese: 紅葉づ (momizu)

References edit

  1. ^ Edwin A. Cranston (1998) The Gem-Glistening Cup (Volume 1 of A Waka Anthology), illustrated, reprint edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 444