モズ

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

Etymology

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

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

Likely originally a compound of 百 (momo, “hundreds; lots and lots”, in reference to the bird's practice of mimicking other bird calls) +‎ す (su, “bird”, ancient term only found in old compounds).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

モズ or もず • (mozu) 

  1. Lanius bucephalus, the bull-headed shrike
  2. general name for birds in family Laniidae: the shrikes
    Hypernym: 雀 (suzume)
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 10, poem 1897:
      , text here
      春(はる)之(し)在(あれ)者(は)伯勞鳥(もず)之(の)草(くさ)具吉(ぐき)雖不所見(みえずとも)吾(われ)者(は)見将遣(みやらむ)君(きみ)之(が)當(あたり)乎婆(をば) [Man'yōgana]
      春(はる)さればもずの草(くさ)潜(ぐき)見(み)えずとも我(わ)れは見(み)やらむ君(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]

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 百舌(もず)勘定(かんじょう) (mozu kanjō)
  • 百舌鳥(もず)古(こ)墳群(ふんぐん) (Mozu Kofungun)
  • 百舌(もず)の草潜(くさぐき) (mozu no kusaguki)
  • 百舌(もず)の速贄(はやにえ) (mozu no hayanie)
  • 百舌(モズ)鶲(ヒタキ) (mozuhitaki)
  • 赤(アカ)百舌(モズ), 赤鵙(アカモズ) (akamozu)
  • 大(オオ)唐(カラ)鵙(モズ) (ōkara-mozu)
  • 大(オオ)百舌(モズ) (ōmozu)
  • 高砂(タカサゴ)百舌(モズ) (Takasago mozu)
  • 稚児(チゴ)百舌(モズ) (chigomozu)
  • 羽(ハ)黒(グロ)尾(オ)長(ナガ)百舌(モズ), 羽(ハ)黒(グロ)尾(オ)長(ナガ)鵙(モズ) (haguro-onaga mozu)
  • 藪(ヤブ)百舌(モズ) (yabumozu)

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, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. Edwin A. Cranston (1998) The Gem-Glistening Cup, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 669
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