のじ

See also: のし

Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [no̞ʑi]

Noun

のじ • (noji) 

1. 虹: (Yamagata dialect) a rainbow (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

See also

• のず (nozu)

References

• 山形県方言集 [Yamagata Prefecture Dialect Collection]‎^[1], 1933, →DOI, page 251

Old Japanese

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *nonsi.

Cognate with modern Okinawan ぬーじ (nuːdʑi) and Miyako ぬず (nudzɿ).

Noun

のじ (no₁zi)

1. (regional, Central Eastern Old Japanese) a rainbow

   Synonym: ぬじ (nuzi)

   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3414:

     伊香保呂能夜左可能爲提爾多都努自能安良波路萬代母佐禰乎佐禰弖婆

     Ikaporo₂-no₂-yasaka no₂ wide ni tatu no₁zi no₂ araparo₁ made mo sane wo saneteba

     Over Ikaho mountain with its eight-foot high weir; as if the rainbow appears, what if we slept our sleep?

Descendants

• >? Japanese: 虹 (noji → niji)