モズ

Japanese
モズ (mozu): a bull-headed shrike in winter in Japan.
Alternative spellings 百舌
百舌鳥
鴃
鵙
鶪

Etymology

*⟨mo1mo1 su⟩ → */monsu/ → ⟨mo1zu⟩ → */mʷozu/ → /mozu/

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

Likely originally a compound of 百 (momo, “hundreds; lots and lots”, in reference to the bird's practice of mimicking other bird calls) +‎ す (su, “bird”, ancient term only found in old compounds, possibly cognate with Korean 새 (sae, “bird”)).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

モズ (hiragana もず, rōmaji mozu)

  1. Lanius bucephalus, the bull-headed shrike
  2. general name for birds in family Laniidae: the shrikes
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 10, poem 1897), text here
      春 (はる)之 (し)在 (あれ)者 (は)伯勞鳥 (もず)之 (の)草 (くさ)具 (ぐ)吉 (き)雖不所見 (みえずとも)吾 (われ)者 (は)見将遣 (みやらむ)君 (きみ)之 (が)當 (あたり)乎 (を)婆 (ば) [Man'yōgana]
      春 (はる)さればもずの草 (くさ)潜 (ぐき)見 (み)えずとも我 (わ)れは見 (み)やらむ君 (きみ)があたりをば [Modern spelling]
      haru sareba mozu no kusaguki miezu to mo ware wa miyaran kimi ga atari o ba
      After spring has come the shrike goes plunging in the reeds and cannot be seen―but I will spy it out, my love, the place where you have your home.[5]
    Hypernym: 雀 (suzume)

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 百 (も)舌 (ず)勘定 (かんじょう) (mozu kanjō)
  • 百舌鳥 (もず)古 (こ)墳群 (ふんぐん) (Mozu Kofungun)
  • 百 (も)舌 (ず)の草潜 (くさぐき) (mozu no kusaguki)
  • 百 (も)舌 (ず)の速贄 (はやにえ) (mozu no hayanie)
  • 百 (モ)舌 (ズ)鶲 (ヒタキ) (mozuhitaki)
  • 赤 (アカ)百 (モ)舌 (ズ), 赤鵙 (アカモズ) (akamozu)
  • 大 (オオ)唐 (カラ)鵙 (モズ) (ōkara-mozu)
  • 大 (オオ)百 (モ)舌 (ズ) (ōmozu)
  • 高砂 (タカサゴ)百 (モ)舌 (ズ) (Takasago mozu)
  • 稚 (チ)児 (ゴ)百 (モ)舌 (ズ) (chigomozu)
  • 羽 (ハ)黒 (グロ)尾 (オ)長 (ナガ)百 (モ)舌 (ズ), 羽 (ハ)黒 (グロ)尾 (オ)長 (ナガ)鵙 (モズ) (haguro-onaga mozu)
  • 藪 (ヤブ)百 (モ)舌 (ズ) (yabumozu)

References
  1. Naoki Abe, 2008, 野鳥の名前 (Yadori no Namae, “Wild Birds' Names”, in Japanese), Tōkyō: Yama-kei Publishers, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. Edwin A. Cranston (1998) The Gem-Glistening Cup, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 669
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