のじ
See also: のし
Japanese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- 虹: (Yamagata dialect) a rainbow (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
See also edit
- のず (nozu)
References edit
- 山形県方言集 [Yamagata Prefecture Dialect Collection][1], 1933, , page 251
Old Japanese edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Japonic *nonsi.
Cognate with modern Okinawan ぬーじ (nuːdʑi) and Miyako ぬず (nudzɿ).
Noun edit
のじ (no1zi)
- (regional, Central Eastern Old Japanese) a rainbow
- Synonym: ぬじ (nuzi)
Descendants edit
- >? Japanese: 虹 (noji → niji)