あはさ

Old Japanese

Noun

あはさ (apasa)

1. type of edible seaweed
   • Shōsōin document, text here

     阿波佐伍斗　塩陸拾裹

     5 masu of apasa. Pick up and wrap salt from the ground.

References

• Omodaka, Hisataka (1967) 時代別国語大辞典 上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN, page 35