モズ

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モズ (mozu): a bull-headed shrike in winter in Japan.
Alternative spellings
百舌
百舌鳥


Etymology

*⟨mo1mo1 su⟩ → */monsu/⟨mo1zu⟩ → */mʷozu//mozu/

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

Likely originally a compound of (momo, hundreds; lots and lots, in reference to the bird's practice of mimicking other bird calls) +‎ (su, bird, ancient term only found in old compounds, possibly cognate with Korean (sae, bird)).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

モズ or もず (mozu

  1. Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template., the bull-headed shrike
  2. general name for birds in family Laniidae: the shrikes
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 10, poem 1897:
      , text here
      (はる)()(あれ)()伯勞鳥(もず)()(くさ)具吉(ぐき)雖不所見(みえずとも)(われ)()見将遣(みやらむ)(きみ)()(あたり)乎婆(をば) [Man'yōgana]
      (はる)さればもず(くさ)(ぐき)()えずとも()れは()やらむ(きみ)があたりをば [Modern spelling]
      haru sareba mozu no kusaguki miezu to mo ware wa miyaran kimi ga atari o ba
      After spring has come the shrike goes plunging in the reeds and cannot be seen―but I will spy it out, my love, the place where you have your home.[5]
    Hypernym: (suzume)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Naoki Abe, 2008, 野鳥の名前 (Yadori no Namae, “Wild Birds' Names”, in Japanese), Tōkyō: Yama-kei Publishers, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language or etymology language code in the parameter "1"; the value "1998" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).