黄葉つ

Old Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 2 Grade: 3
jukujikun

Alternative forms

Etymology

The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), see 黄葉 (kōyō).

Verb

黄葉つ (momi1tu) (kana もみつ)

  1. to turn (color) in autumn, said of leaves
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 8, poem 1516), text here
      秋山 (あきやま) () () ()木葉 (このは) () (うつり) () () (さらに) () (あき) ()欲見 (みまくほり) () () [Man'yōgana]
      秋山 (あきやま)もみつ () ()のうつりなばさらにや (あき) ()まく ()りせむ [Modern spelling]
      akiyama ni momitsu konoha no utsurinaba sara ni ya aki o mimaku-horisemu
      In the autumnhills, the leaves of the trees have taken on colour; if they have changed, once again, shall not I long to see autumn?[1]

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • 黄葉 (momi1ti)
  • 黄葉たす (momi1tasu)
  • 黄葉たふ (momi1tapu)
  • 黄葉 (momi1tiba)

Descendants

References

  1. Jan Lodewijk Pierson, Jr. (1954) The Manyôśû Translated and Annotated Book VIII, Leiden: Brill Archive (E.J. Brill), page 110
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