みなしご
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| 孤 孤児 |
Etymology
[edit]⟨mi₂nasigo₁⟩ → */mɨnasiᵑɡo/ → /minaɕiɡo/
First attested in Shōsōin documents from 702 in the name 巳奈志児刀良売 (mi₂nasigo₁-to₁ra-me₁).[1][2]
Compound of 身 (mi, “body”) + 無し (nashi, “not existing”) + 子 (ko, “child”).[1] The ko changes to go as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tokyo) みなしご [mìnáshíꜜgò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- (Tokyo) みなしご [mìnáshígó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [mʲina̠ɕiɡo̞]
- Historical evolution of the Kyoto pitch accent
- (the Heian period) HHHL
- (the Edo period) HHHL
- ※ H for high and flat syllables (◌́), L for low and flat syllables (◌̀), F for high-to-low syllables (◌̂), R for low-to-high syllables (◌̌).
Noun
[edit]- an orphan
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 “みなし‐ご 【孤・孤児】
”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
- ^ 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 712
