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Etymology
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Compound of 生ける (ikeru, the 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) of verb 生ける (ikeru), “to have life”) + 者 (mono, “person”), applying the 義訓 (gikun, “meaning reading”) to 生 (sei, “life”).
生 • (ikerumono)
- the living
- Book of Genesis 3:20 (page 4)
- アダム其妻の名をヱバと名けたり其は彼は群の生の母なればなり
- Adamu sono tsuma no na o Eba to nazuketari so wa kare wa subete no ikerumono no haha nareba nari
- And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.