ひみ
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Old Japanese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
If the word is the same as Early Middle Japanese へみゆみ (hemiyumi, “(possibly) a bow made from twisted logs”), this word may possibly be cognate with 蛇 (pe₂mi₁, “snake”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun[edit]
ひみ (pi₂mi₁)
- (hapax) The meaning of this term is uncertain. The Jidai Betsu Kokugo Daijiten Jōdai-hen speculates that it is a name of a tree made from bow wood. It is spelled in Shōsōin documents as 肥美.[1]
According to the Nihon Kokugo Daijiten (2nd edition), this name is possibly the same as Early Middle Japanese へみゆみ (hemiyumi, “(possibly) a bow made from twisted logs”),[2] which is another hapax legomenon, attested in the Minamoto no Shitagōshū of circa 983 CE.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Omodaka, Hisataka (1967) 時代別国語大辞典 上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN, page 622
The original gloss is "弓材となる木の名か。" They cite the following texts:
御弓壱伯参枝梓八十四枝、親六枝、阿恵一枝、檀九枝、肥美一枝- The cherry birch branch with one bow has 84 branches; the parent has 6 branches, an ae has one branch; the mayumi has 9 branches, the pi₂mi₁ has 1 branch.
其檀九枝、肥美一枝- That mayumi has nine branches; pi₂mi₁ has 1 branch.
- ^ “ひみ‐ゆみ 【肥美弓】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)
[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
The concise edition does not have this entry. - ^ “へみ‐ゆみ 【─弓】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) [2] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
The concise edition does not have this entry.
