からむし

Japanese

Etymology

The initial kara is likely から (kara, “Korea, China, foreign land”). The final -musi may be cognate with Middle Korean 모시 (mosi, “ramie cloth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾa̠mɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun

からむし • (karamushi) 

1. 苧: (plant) ramie, Boehmeria nivea var. nipononivea
2. 苧: cloth made from the ramie plant
   • c. 800: Shibunritsu Ongi (page 47)

     蒭麻衣 加良牟斯衣

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   • 898–901, Shinsen Jikyō, volume 7, page 8:

     枲 <...> 麻 加良牟志也

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   • 898–901, Shinsen Jikyō, volume 7, page 34:

     葈○ 加良牟志

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   • 898–901, Shinsen Jikyō, volume 11, page 30:

     枲 <...> 麻也 加良牟自

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   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 6, page 57:

     麻苧 <...> 新撰字鏡 枲訓加良乎 葈訓和名加良无之 <...> 昌平本有和名二字 持統紀苧同訓爲加良无之 <...>

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References

• Tsukishima, Hiroshi (c. 800) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 2: Shibunritsu Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, published 1979, →ISBN
• Shōjū with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (898–901) Shinsen Jikyō (Zōteiban) (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 15 December 1967, →ISBN.
• Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.