水無月
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | ||
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水 | 無 | 月 |
み Grade: 1 |
な Grade: 4 (ateji) |
つき > づき Grade: 1 |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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六月 |
Etymology
[edit]From Old Japanese, a compound of 水 (mi, “water”) + な (na, alternative form of possessive particle の (no)) + 月 (tsuki, “month”).[1][2] The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Originally referred to the month in which rice paddies need more irrigation;[1][2] the use of the kanji 無 (“not; none; without”) to spell the na portion is in reference to this need for more water. However, the na was initially the alternative form of possessive / genitive particle の (no), and the 無 kanji is thus an example of phonetic ateji (当て字).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (archaic) the sixth month of the lunar calendar
- Synonym: 六月 (rokugatsu)
- (poetic) the month of water: June
Coordinate terms: 睦月, 如月, 弥生, 卯月, 皐月, 水無月, 文月, 葉月, 長月, 神無月, 霜月, 師走
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “水無月”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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
Old Japanese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of 水 (mi1, “water”) + な (na, apophonic form of possessive particle の (no2)) + 月 (tuki2, “month”).
Noun
[edit]水無月 (mi1naduki2) (kana みなづき)
- the sixth month of the lunar calendar
- c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 10, poem 1995:
- 六月之地副割而照日尓毛吾袖将乾哉於君不相四手
- mi1naduki2 no2 tuti sape2 sake2te terupi1 ni mo waga so1de pi2me2 ya ki1mi1 ni apazusite
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
[edit]- Japanese: 水無月 (minazuki)
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