淡海

淡海

1. Danhai New Township (a municipality of Taiwan)

⟨apa umi₁⟩ → /apaumi/ → /afaumi/ → /awaumi/

Derived from 淡 (あわ) (awa), stem of 淡 (あわ)い (awai, “light, pale”) + 海 (うみ) (umi, “sea”).

An Old Japanese shift was realized as ōmi, already attested in ancient literature:

⟨apa umi₁⟩ → ⟨apumi₁⟩ → /apumi/ → /afumi/ → */awumi/ → /aumi/ → /ɔːmi/ → /oːmi/

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [a̠ɰᵝa̠ɯ̟ᵝmʲi]

淡海 (hiragana あわうみ, rōmaji awaumi, historical hiragana あはうみ)
(alternative reading hiragana おうみ, romaji ōmi, historical hiragana あふみ)

1. a freshwater lake

   Synonyms: 湖水 (kosui), 淡水湖 (tansuiko), 湖 (mizuumi)

   Antonyms: 塩湖 (enko), 塩海 (shioumi)

• 近江 (おうみ) (Ōmi)
• 近 (ちかつ)淡海 (おうみ), 近 (ちか)つ淡海 (おうみ) (Chika-tsu-ōmi)
• 遠 (とおつ)淡海 (おうみ), 遠 (とお)つ淡海 (おうみ) (Tō-tsu-ōmi)

淡海 (hiragana おうみ, rōmaji Ōmi, historical hiragana あふみ)

1. Alternative spelling of 近江 (Ōmi): Ōmi Province
2. Alternative spelling of 近江 (Ōmi): the ancient name for 琵琶湖 (Biwako, “Lake Biwa”)
3. a surname

• 淡海 (たんかい)節 (ぶし) (Tankai-bushi)