モセ

Ainu

Alternative forms

• ムセ (muse), モサ (mosa)

Etymology

Possibly from Japanese 苧(むし) (mushi, “ramie plant”), likely from Middle Korean 모시 (mwòsì, “ramie plant or cloth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mòꜛsé/

Noun

モセ (Latin spelling mose)

1. nettle
2. bast fibre of nettles (in general)

References

• John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎^[1], Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 269