防人

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
防	人
さきもり
Grade: 5	Grade: 1
jukujikun

From Old Japanese.

Compound of 崎 (saki, “cape, (small) peninsula”) +‎ 守り (mori, the 連用形 (ren’yōkei, “stem or continuative”) form of 守る (moru), “to stand watch, be on the lookout”).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

The kanji spelling is from bōjin below.

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) さきもり [sàkíꜜmòrì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[5]
IPA^(key): [sa̠kʲimo̞ɾʲi]

Noun edit

防人(さきもり) • (sakimori)

(historical) under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system, soldiers who were dispatched to key locations in northern Kyushu, Iki province, and Tsushima island to prevent invasion of the Japanese mainland

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
防	人
ぼう Grade: 5	じん Grade: 1
goon	kan’on

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Derived from Middle Chinese or orthographic borrowing?”

Noun edit

防(ぼう)人(じん) • (bōjin) ^{←ばうじん (bauzin)^?}

(historical) a soldier who guarded the frontiers in Tang-dynasty China
(historical) Synonym of さきもり (sakimori) above: under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system, soldiers who were dispatched to the coasts of Kyushu in order to prevent invasion of the Japanese mainland

References edit

^ “防人”, in 世界大百科事典第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
^ “防人”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
^ “防人”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎^[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
^ “防人”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[4] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Old Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Compound of 崎 (saki₁, “cape, (small) peninsula”) +‎ 守り (mo₍₂₎ri, the 連用形 (ren’yōkei, “stem or continuative”) form of 守る (mo₍₂₎ru), “to stand watch, be on the lookout”).

Noun edit

防人 (saki₁mori) (kana さきもり)

under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system, soldiers who were dispatched to key locations in northern Kyushu, Iki province, and Tsushima island to prevent invasion of the Japanese mainland

Derived terms edit

新防人 (nipi₁saki₁mori)

Descendants edit

Japanese: 防人 (sakimori)

Etymology 2 edit

By surface analysis, 崎 (saki₁, “cape, (small) peninsula”) +‎ 守り (muri, the 連用形 (ren’yōkei, “stem or continuative”) form of 守る (muru), “to stand watch, be on the lookout”, eastern dialect).

Noun edit

防人 (saki₁muri) (kana さきむり)

(regional, Central Eastern Old Japanese) Same as サキ^甲モリ (saki₁mori) above
- c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 20, poem 4364:
  
  佐伎牟理爾多多牟佐和伎爾伊敞能伊牟何奈流弊伎己等乎伊波須伎奴可母
  saki₁muri ni tatamu sawaki₁ ni ipe₁ no₂ imu ga naru be₁ki₁ ko₂to₂ wo ipazu-ki₁nu ka mo
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

[1] “防人”, in 世界大百科事典第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998

[2] “防人”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000

[3] “防人”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎^[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014

[4] “防人”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[4] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

[DJR-5] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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