Chinese edit

female horse; surname
trad. (牝馬)
simp. (牝马)

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

牝馬

  1. (literary) mare; female horse

Synonyms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (牝馬):
  • Japanese: (ひん)() (hinba)
  • Korean: 빈마(牝馬) (binma)

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
ひん
Hyōgaiji

Grade: 2
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 牝馬 (MC bjijX maeX). The 漢音 (kan'on), so a later borrowing.

Pronunciation edit

 牝馬 on Japanese Wikipedia

Noun edit

(ひん)() (hinba

  1. mare (female horse)
Usage notes edit
  • Now the most common term for mare in Japanese.

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji
うま
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
雌馬

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(うま) (meuma

  1. mare (female horse)

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji

Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō of 934 CE.[2]

Noun edit

()() (mema

  1. mare (female horse)

See also edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 牝馬”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000