紅葉つ

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Old Japanese

Kanji in this term
もみ
Grade: 6 Grade: 3
jukujikun

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Particularly: “Cognate with classical verb 燃ゆ (⟨mo1yu⟩ → moyu), modern 燃える (moeru, to burn)?”

The kanji spelling is from 紅葉 (kōyō).

Verb

紅葉つ (momi1tu) (kana もみつ)

  1. to turn (color) in autumn, said of leaves
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 8, poem 1628:
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      (わが)屋前(やど)()芽子(はぎ)()(した)葉者(はは)秋風(あきかぜ)()(いまだ)(ふかね)()如此曽(かくぞ)毛美(もみ)(てる) [Man'yōgana]
      ()宿(やど)(はぎ)(した)()秋風(あきかぜ)もいまだ()かねばかくぞもみてる [Modern spelling]
      waga yado no hagi no shitaba wa akikaze mo imada fukaneba kaku zo momiteru
      The underleaves of bush clover from my garden have turned this bright even though the autumn wind has not yet begun to blow.[1]

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Japanese: 紅葉づ (momizu)

References

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