女郎花

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
女	郎	花
おみなえし
Grade: 1	Grade: S	Grade: 1
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
女郞花 (kyūjitai)

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

From Old Japanese.

Possibly a compound of Old Japanese elements 女 (⟨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?)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おみな​えし [òmínáꜜèshì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [o̞mʲina̠e̞ɕi]

Noun

女郎花(おみなえし) or 女郎花(オミナエシ) or 女郎花(おみなべし) or 女郎花(オミナベシ) • (ominaeshi or ominabeshi) ^{←をみなへし (wominafesi) or ヲミナヘシ (wominafesi) or をみなべし (wominabesi) or ヲミナベシ (wominabesi)?}

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:

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     娘子(をみな)部四(へし)咲(さき)澤(さは)二(に)生流(おふる)花(はな)勝(かつ)見(み)都(かつて)毛(も)不知(しらぬ)戀(こひ)裳(も)摺(する)可聞(かも) [Man'yōgana]

     をみなへし佐紀(さき)沢(さは)に生(お)ふる花(はな)かつみかつても知(し)らぬ恋(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
   • 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 4, poem 226)

     名(な)にめでて折(を)れる許(ばかり)ぞをみなへし我(われ)落(お)ちにきと人(ひと)に語(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: 粟 (awa)

6. (nyōbō kotoba) mochi made from millet

   Synonym: 粟餅 (awamochi)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 女郎花(おみなえし)合(あ)わせ (ominaeshi awase)
• 女郎花(おみなえし)色(いろ) (ominaeshi-iro)
• 女郎花(おみなえし)月(づき) (ominaeshizuki)
• 春(はる)女郎花(おみなえし) (haru ominaeshi)
• 大(おお)葉(ば)女郎花(おみなえし) (ōba ominaeshi)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
女	郎	花
おみなめし
Grade: 1	Grade: S	Grade: 1
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
女郞花 (kyūjitai)

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

Noun

女郎花(おみなめし) • (ominameshi) ^{←をみなめし (wominamesi)?}

1. Patrinia scabiosifolia, the yellow-patrinia or golden lace
2. (joseigo) millet

   Synonym: 粟 (awa)

3. (joseigo) steamed rice with millet

   Synonym: 粟飯 (awameshi)

Proper noun

女郎花(おみなめし) • (Ominameshi) ^{←をみなめし (wominamesi)?}

1. a 謡曲 (yōkyoku, “noh song”)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
女	郎	花
じょ Grade: 1	ろう Grade: S	か Grade: 1
kan’on

Alternative spelling
女郞花 (kyūjitai)

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

Noun

女(じょ)郎(ろう)花(か) • (jorōka) ^{←ぢよらうくわ (dyoraukwa)?}

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

• 男郎花(オトコエシ) (otokoeshi, “Patrinia villosa”)

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