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海松

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
海 松
みる
Grade: 2 Grade: 4
jukujikun
Alternative spellings
海松 (kyūjitai)
水松
 
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海松 (miru): Codium fragile, a kind of edible seaweed.

⟨mi1ru⟩ → */mʲiru/ → /miru/

From Old Japanese, appearing in the Man'yōshū poetry anthology of roughly 759 CE.[1] Further derivation unknown.

Cognate with Okinawan びーる (bīru), Northern Amami Ōshima びる (biru), Yaeyama べぃーれぃ (bïïrï).

The kanji spelling literally means “sea pine”.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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海松(みる) or 海松(ミル) • (miru) 

  1. [circa 759] the green sea or dead man's fingers, Codium fragile
    Synonyms: 海松房 (mirubusa), 海松布 (mirume)
  2. Short for 海松色 (miruiro): a dark yellowish-green color
Usage notes
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  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ミル.
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
海 松
うみ
Grade: 2 		まつ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
海松 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 海 (umi, “sea”) +‎ 松 (matsu, “pine”).[1][2]

First cited to roughly 935 CE.[1]

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Noun

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海(うみ)松(まつ) • (umimatsu) 

  1. [circa 1014] a pine tree on the seashore
  2. [1709] Synonym of 海唐松 (umi karamatsu): a coral of the family Antipathidae
  3. [circa 935] (colloquial) the green sea or dead man's fingers, Codium fragile

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Old Japanese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Japonic *meru. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

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海松 (mi1ru) (kana みる)

  1. the green sea or dead man's fingers, Codium fragile
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 5, poem 892:
      , text here
      ...錦毛奈伎布可多衣乃美留乃其等和和氣佐我禮流可可布能尾肩爾打懸...
      ...wata mo naki1 nuno2 katagi1nu no2 mi1ru no2 go2to2 wawake2-sagareru kakapu no2mi2 kata ni utikake2...
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Japanese: 海松 (miru)
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