牡馬

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
牡	馬
ぼ Jinmeiyō	ば Grade: 2
kan’yōon	kan’on

From Middle Chinese 牡馬 (MC muwX maeX).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぼ​ば [bóꜜbà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bo̞ba̠]

Noun

牡(ぼ)馬(ば) • (boba) 

1. male horse
   • 2009, 河原谷創次郎, 天正戦国大戦 二, 学研パブリッシング, →ISBN, page 149:

     前(ぜん)近(きん)代(だい)の日(にほ)本(ん)の軍(ぐん)馬(ば)は、その多(おお)くが牡(ぼ)馬(ば)であったという。

     Zenkindai no Nihon no gunba wa, sono ōku ga boba de atta to iu.

     It is said that the majority of the warhorses in premodern Japan were male horses.

Derived terms

• 種(しゅ)牡(ぼ)馬(ば) (shuboba)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
牡	馬
お Jinmeiyō	うま Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
雄馬

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おうま [òúmá] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) お​うま [óꜜùmà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ɯ̟ᵝma̠]

Noun

牡(お)馬(うま) • (ouma) ^{←をうま (wouma)?}

1. male horse
   • 1911, 島崎藤村, 千曲川のスケッチ‎^[2], 青空文庫:

     ファラリイスの駒(こま)三(さん)十(じゅう)四(よん)頭(とう)、牝(め)馬(うま)二(に)百(ひゃく)四(よん)十(じっ)頭(とう)、牡(お)馬(うま)まで合(あわ)せて三(さん)百(びゃく)余(よ)頭(とう)の馬(ば)匹(ひつ)が列(れつ)をつくって通(つう)過(か)したのも、この原(はら)へ通(かよ)う道(みち)だった。

     Fararīsu no koma sanjūyontō, meuma nihyakuyonjittō, ouma made awasete sanbyaku-yotō no bahitsu ga retsu o tsukutte tsūka shita no mo, kono hara e kayou michi datta.

     The road leading to this field was also where a total of more than three hundred horses—including the thirty-four Phalaris foals, the two hundred forty female horses, and the male horses—passed through in file.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
牡	馬
お Jinmeiyō	ま Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.

Noun

牡(お)馬(ま) • (oma) ^{←をま (woma)?}

1. male horse

See also

• 牝馬(ひんば) (hinba, “mare”)
• 騸馬(せんば) (senba, “gelding”)