紅葉つ

Old Japanese

Kanji in this term
紅	葉
もみ
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jukujikun

Alternative forms

黄葉つ

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Cognate with classical verb 燃ゆ (⟨mo₁yu⟩ → moyu), modern 燃える (moeru, “to burn”)?”

The kanji spelling is from 紅葉 (kōyō).

Verb

紅葉つ (momi₁tu) (kana もみつ)

to turn (color) in autumn, said of leaves
- c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 8, poem 1628:
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  吾(わが)屋前(やど)之(の)芽子(はぎ)乃(の)下(した)葉者(はは)秋風(あきかぜ)毛(も)未(いまだ)吹(ふかね)者(は)如此曽(かくぞ)毛美(もみ)照(てる) [Man'yōgana]
  我(わ)が宿(やど)の萩(はぎ)の下(した)葉(ば)は秋風(あきかぜ)もいまだ吹(ふ)かねばかくぞもみてる [Modern spelling]
  waga yado no hagi no shitaba wa akikaze mo imada fukaneba kaku zo momiteru
  The underleaves of bush clover from my garden have turned this bright even though the autumn wind has not yet begun to blow.^[1]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

紅葉 (momi₁ti)
紅葉たす (momi₁tasu)
紅葉たふ (momi₁tapu)
紅葉 (momi₁tiba)

Descendants

Japanese: 紅葉づ (momizu)

References

^ Edwin A. Cranston (1998) The Gem-Glistening Cup (Volume 1 of A Waka Anthology), illustrated, reprint edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 444

[1] Edwin A. Cranston (1998) The Gem-Glistening Cup (Volume 1 of A Waka Anthology), illustrated, reprint edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 444

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