ほととぎす
Japanese
Pronunciation
- Pitch accent for pillow word uncertain.
Etymology 1
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杜鵑 時鳥 子規 郭公 杜宇 蜀魂 田鵑 不如帰 |
From Old Japanese.
The final su is most likely す (su, “bird”, ancient term only found in old compounds), itself possibly cognate with Korean 새 (sae, “bird”).
Noun
ほととぎす or ホトトギス • (hototogisu)
- the lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus
- 1187, Senzai Wakashū (book 3, poem 161; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 81)
- Hypernym: 郭公 (kakkō)
Etymology 2
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時鳥草 杜鵑草 油点草 |
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Noun
ほととぎす or ホトトギス • (hototogisu)
- Short for 杜鵑草 (hototogisusō): a toad lily, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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Old Japanese
Etymology
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Noun
ほととぎす (poto2to2gi1su)
- the lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus
- allusion to 飛幡 (To1bata, a placename)
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- 霍公鳥 飛幡之浦尓 敷浪乃 屡君乎 将見因毛鴨
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