なえ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
苗

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *napay.

Apophonic form of 苗(なわ) (nawa, “seedling”, bound form, only used in compounds), similar to nouns such as 神 (kami, kan-, kamu-, “god”) and 目 (me, ma-, “eye”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) なえ [náꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [na̠e̞]

Noun

なえ • (nae) ^{←なへ (nafe)?}

1. seedling; young plant

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
萎え

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) なえ [nàéꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [na̠e̞]

Noun

なえ • (nae) ^{←なえ (nae)?}

1. wilting
2. (slang) lame

See also

• さげ (sage)

Verb

なえ • (nae) ^{←なえ (nae)?}

1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of なえる (naeru) [ichidan]

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of なえ – see the following entry.

【地震】 [noun] [from late 1400s] (obsolete or regional, Kagoshima) an earthquake

(This term, なえ (nae), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as なえ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as なえ.)