鬻女

Japanese

Alternative forms

• 販女

Etymology 1

A compound of the verb hisak- (“sell”) nominalized with me (“woman”).

Noun

鬻女 (hiragana ひさきめ, romaji hisakime)

1. a female peddler
   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 1 page 105)

     俗云販婦比佐岐女、裨販也

Etymology 2

A compound of the verb hisag- (“sell”) nominalized with me (“woman”).

Noun

鬻女 (hiragana ひさぎめ, romaji hisagime)

1. a female peddler

References

• 1968 May 11 [931-938], Shitagō Minamoto; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9: