大弓

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大弓 (daikyū, ōyumi): diagram of a traditional Japanese longbow.

大弓 (ōyumi): an ancient Qin dynasty stonebow.

May have been coined in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of 大 (dai, “large, great”) +‎ 弓 (kyū, “bow”).

Alternatively, may be a reanalysis of older term 大弓 (ōyumi, see below), applying the on'yomi to the characters.

Appears in texts from the 1700s.^[1]

大(だい)弓(きゅう) • (daikyū)

a longbow, a great bow
Synonym: (literally “long bow”) 長弓 (chōkyū)
(more specifically) a Japanese longbow (traditionally 2.25m in length)
Synonym: (literally “Japanese bow”) 和弓 (wakyū)
a regular-sized bow (in contrast to the small 半弓 (hankyū, “shortbow”))
Synonym: 弓 (yumi)

Alternative spelling
弩

/opojumi/ → /oɸojumi/ → */owojumi/ → /oːjumi/

Compound of 大 (ō, “large, great”) +‎ 弓 (yumi, “bow”).^[1]^[2]^[5]

Listed in the Wamyō Ruijushō of 938 CE.^[1]^[2]

大(おお)弓(ゆみ) • (ōyumi) ^{←おほゆみ (ofoyumi)^?}

a longbow, a great bow
Synonyms: (literally “long bow”) 長弓 (chōkyū), (literally “Japanese bow”) 和弓 (wakyū)
(historical) a large stonebow
Synonyms: (literally “stone bow”) 石弓 (ishiyumi), 弩 (do), (literally “stonebow bow”) 弩弓 (dokyū)

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN