靑丹よし

See also: 青丹よし

Old Japanese

Etymology

Literally “blue-green + (red) earth + [​exclamatory particle] + [​strengthening particle]”.

The first sense refers to 奈良坂, 平城坂 (Narasaka, hill-road north of the modern city of Nara) where its soil made for excellent paints and pigments were said to be extracted there.

Adnominal

靑丹よし (awoni yo₂si) (kana あをによし)

1. allusion to 奈良 (Nara, a placename)
2. allusion to 國内 (kunuti, “within a country's borders”)

Quotations

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Descendants

• Japanese: 青丹よし (aoni yoshi)

See also

• 八百丹よし (yaponi yo₂si)