龍の馬
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Old Japanese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Middle Chinese 龍馬 (MC ljowng maeX).
Equivalent to a compound of 龍 (tatu, “dragon”) + の (no2, possessive particle) + 馬 (uma, “horse”).[1][2][3]
Due to either haplology or vowel clustering, the initial u of uma was lost. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun[edit]
龍の馬 (tatuno2ma) (kana たつのま)
Descendants[edit]
- Japanese: 竜の馬 (tatsu no (u)ma), in modern dictionaries
References[edit]
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN