庭つ鳥
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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庭 | 鳥 |
にわ Grade: 3 |
とり Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology
First attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).
Derived from 庭 (niwa, “garden”) + つ (tsu, “Old Japanese possessive particle”) + 鳥 (tori, “bird”).
Noun
庭つ鳥 (hiragana にわつとり, rōmaji niwa tsu tori, historical hiragana にはつとり)
- a garden bird, alludes to 鶏 (kake, “chicken”)
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 7, poem 1413), text here
- 庭津鳥可鷄乃垂尾乃乱尾乃長心毛不所念鴨 [Man'yōgana]
- 庭つ鳥鶏の垂り尾の乱れ尾の長き心も思ほえぬかも [Modern spelling]
- niwa tsu tori kake no tari-o no midare-o no nagaki kokoro mo omōenu ka mo
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- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 7, poem 1413), text here
- (archaic) a chicken (domestic fowl)
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 12, poem 3094), text here
- 物念常不宿起有旦開者和備弖鳴成鶏左倍 [Man'yōgana]
- 物思ふと寐ねず起きたる朝明にはわびて鳴くなり庭つ鳥さへ [Modern spelling]
- mono 'mou to inezu okitaru asake ni wa wabite naku nari niwa tsu tori sae
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- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 12, poem 3094), text here
See also
- 家つ鳥 (ie tsu tori)
- 沖つ鳥 (oki tsu tori)
- 野つ鳥 (no tsu tori), さ野つ鳥 (sano tsu tori)
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