きず

Japanese

Noun

きず • (kizu) 

1. 傷, 瑕, 疵: injury, wound; scar
2. 生酢: vinegar with no additives
3. 木酢: wood vinegar

See also

• 瑕疵(かし) (kashi): flaw

Miyako

Noun

きず (kidzu) 

1. 傷: wound

Old Japanese

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *kensu. Not related to きる (ki₁r-, “to cut”).

Noun

きず (ki₁zu)

1. wound
   • 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki:

     呰辱 上音之、訓岐受

     Bad injury; the upper character reads ki₁zu

   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 5, poem 8974:

     伊等能伎提 / 痛伎瘡爾波

     ito₂no₂ki₁te / ITAki₁ NO₂ KI₁ZU ni pa

     that extremely painful wound...

Descendants

• Japanese: 傷 (kizu)