女郎花

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Grade: S Grade: 1
jukujikun

⟨womi1na pe1si⟩ → */womʲinapʲesi//wominafeɕi//wominaweɕi//ominaeɕi/

From Old Japanese.

Possibly a compound of Old Japanese elements (⟨womi1na⟩ → omina, young woman) + 圧し (⟨pe1si⟩ → heshi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of archaic verb 圧す (hesu), “to dent, force, push”‎). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), see jorōka below.

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) みなえし [òmínáꜜèshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
    • IPA(key): [o̞mʲina̠e̞ɕi]

Noun

女郎花 (hiragana おみなえし, katakana オミナエシ, rōmaji ominaeshi, historical hiragana をみなへし, historical katakana ヲミナヘシ)
(alternative reading hiragana おみなべし, romaji ominabeshi, historical hiragana をみなべし)

  1. Patrinia scabiosifolia, the yellow-patrinia or golden lace
    Synonyms: 女郎 (jorō), 血眼草 (chimegusa)
  2. (poetic) allusion to 佐紀 (Saki, a placename)
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 4, poem 675), text here
      娘子 (をみな) () () (さき) (さは) ()生流 (おふる) (はな) (かつ) () (かつて) ()不知 (しらぬ) (こひ) () (する) () () [Man'yōgana]
      をみなへし () () (さは) ()ふる (はな)かつみかつても ()らぬ (こひ)もするかも [Modern spelling]
      ominaeshi Saki-sawa ni ouru hana katsumi katsute mo shiranu koi mo suru ka mo
      (please add an English translation of this example)
  3. (poetic) a young woman, maiden
    • 905914, Kokin Wakashū (book 4, poem 226)
       ()にめでて ()れる (ばかり)をみなへし (われ) ()ちにきと (ひと) (かた)るな
      na ni medete oreru bakari zo ominaeshi ware ochi-ni-ki to hito ni kataru na
      (please add an English translation of this example)
  4. a type of 襲の色目 (kasane no irome, color combination by layering of garments) with the front having green on the 経糸 (tateito, warps) and yellow on the 横糸 (yokoito, wefts), and the back green or yellow-green; reminiscent of the Patrinia scabiosifolia flowers
    Synonym: 女郎花色 (ominaeshi-iro)
  5. (nyōbō kotoba) millet
    Synonym: (awa)
  6. (nyōbō kotoba) mochi made from millet
    Synonym: 粟餅 (awamochi)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Grade: S Grade: 1
jukujikun

Shift from variant pronunciation ominabeshi above. The /-b-/ loses plosive and becomes nasal /-m-/.

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), see jorōka below.

Noun

女郎花 (hiragana おみなめし, rōmaji ominameshi, historical hiragana をみなめし)

  1. Patrinia scabiosifolia, the yellow-patrinia or golden lace
  2. (joseigo) millet
    Synonym: (awa)
  3. (joseigo) steamed rice with millet
    Synonym: 粟飯 (awameshi)

Proper noun

女郎花 (hiragana おみなめし, rōmaji Ominameshi, historical hiragana をみなめし)

  1. a 謡曲 (yōkyoku, noh song)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
じょ
Grade: 1
ろう
Grade: S

Grade: 1
kan’on

Compound of 女郎 (jorō, young woman) + (ka, flower).

Noun

女郎花 (hiragana じょろうか, rōmaji jorōka, historical hiragana ぢよらうくわ)

  1. Patrinia scabiosifolia, the yellow-patrinia or golden lace
  2. Synonym of 木蓮 (mokuren): Magnolia liliiflora, the lily magnolia or Japanese magnolia

See also

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Further reading

  • Etymology entry for 女郎花 (ominaeshi) on Yurai-Gogen Jiten (Origin and Etymology Dictionary; in Japanese): http://yain.jp/i/女郎花
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