馬鍬
Japanese
[edit]Etymology 1
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Kanji in this term | |
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馬 | 鍬 |
うま Grade: 2 |
くわ > ぐわ Jinmeiyō |
kun'yomi |
Compound of 馬 (uma, “horse”) + 鍬 (kuwa, “hoe”),[1][2][3] in reference to the practice of using horses to pull, and the shape of the tool as a horizontal support with metal teeth protruding downward, somewhat similar to the way the metal blade of a hoe points downward from the handle when held horizontally.
The umaguwa pronunciation appears to be the original form of the word. First cited to the Wamyō Ruijushō of 934.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]馬鍬 • (umaguwa) ←うまぐは (umagufa)?
- [from 934] a harrow (farm implement)
- [from 934] a rake (farm implement)
- [from 934] a kind of light plow (farm implement)
Usage notes
[edit]The Japanese term refers to a kind of tool configuration that most overlaps with the English term harrow. In certain configurations, it might instead be considered a kind of rake, as a finer tool for smoothing the surface of a field, or as a kind of light plow, as a stronger tool for cutting into the surface of a field.
Synonyms
[edit]- 万能 (mannō, literally “10,000 capabilities”)
- 馬歯 (umaha, rare, possibly obsolete, literally “horse tooth”)
Etymology 2
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Kanji in this term | |
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馬 | 鍬 |
うま > ま Grade: 2 |
くわ > ぐわ Jinmeiyō |
irregular | kun'yomi |
Sound shift from umaguwa.[1][2][3]
- /umaɡuwa/ → /maɡuwa/
First cited to around the late 1300s.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- [from late 1300s] a harrow (farm implement)
- 1956, 伊藤永之介, 押しかけ女房[3], 青空文庫:
- ガバ/\と音立てて進む馬鍬のあとに、両側から流れ寄つて来る饀みたいな泥の海に掻き残された大きな土塊の島が浮ぶ。
- Gabagaba to oto tatete susumu maguwa no ato ni, ryōgawa kara nagareyotte kuru an mitai na doro no umi ni kakinokosareta ōkina tsuchikure no shima ga ukabu.
- The harrow moved forward while making sloshing noises, and in its tracks was a large island of dirt, left unscraped in the red-bean-paste-like sea of mud that flowed in from both sides.
- ガバ/\と音立てて進む馬鍬のあとに、両側から流れ寄つて来る饀みたいな泥の海に掻き残された大きな土塊の島が浮ぶ。
- [from late 1300s] a rake (farm implement)
- [from late 1300s] a kind of light plow (farm implement)
Usage notes
[edit]The Japanese term refers to a kind of tool configuration that most overlaps with the English term harrow. In certain configurations, it might instead be considered a kind of rake, as a finer tool for smoothing the surface of a field, or as a kind of light plow, as a stronger tool for cutting into the surface of a field.
Synonyms
[edit]- 万能 (mannō, literally “10,000 capabilities”)
- 馬歯 (umaha, rare, possibly obsolete, literally “horse tooth”)
Etymology 3
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Kanji in this term | |
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馬 | 鍬 |
ま > まん Grade: 2 |
くわ > が Jinmeiyō |
irregular |
Sound shift from maguwa.[1][2][3][4][5]
Historically, the labial glide gwa was spelled ぐわ (guwa). The historically attested mangwa reading likely arose due to this spelling convention, and then mangwa became manga when gwa later merged into ga.
- /maɡuwa/ → /maŋɡuwa/ → /maŋɡwa/ → /maŋɡa/
First cited to 1595 with the pronunciation mangwa, prior to the gwa → ga merger.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- [from 1595] alternative form of 馬鍬 (maguwa)
Etymology 4
[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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馬 | 鍬 |
ま > まん Grade: 2 |
くわ > ぐわ Jinmeiyō |
irregular | kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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万鍬 (rare) |
Sound shift from maguwa.[1][2][3]
- /maɡuwa/ → /maŋɡuwa/
Might have arisen, or persisted, in part from influence of the synonym 万能 (mannō); the term 万 (man, “ten thousand”) is often prepended to various terms to signify "multi-use". Consider the rare alternative spelling 万鍬 (manguwa).
Date of first appearance unclear, but it would have been before the 1595 citation for phonologically derived form manga.
May be a rare or dialectal pronunciation in modern usage. Not included at all in some dictionaries,[4][5] and included only as a note under the manga reading in some others.[2][3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]馬鍬 • (manguwa) ←まんぐは (mangufa)?
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 “馬鍬”, 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 2.4 “馬鍬”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
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