なえ

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Alternative spelling

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *napay.

Apophonic form of (なわ) (nawa, seedling, bound form, only used in compounds), similar to nouns such as (kami, kan-, kamu-, god) and (me, ma-, eye).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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なえ (naeなへ (nafe)?

  1. seedling; young plant

Etymology 2

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Alternative spelling
萎え

Pronunciation

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Noun

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なえ (naeなえ (nae)?

  1. wilting
  2. (slang) lame
See also
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Verb

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なえ (naeなえ (nae)?

  1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of なえる (naeru) [ichidan]

Etymology 3

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For pronunciation and definitions of なえ – see the following entry.
地震
[noun] [from late 1400s] (archaic, possibly obsolete or dialect) an earthquake
(This term, なえ (nae), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as なえ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as なえ.)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN