黄葉つ

Old Japanese

Kanji in this term
もみ
Grade: 2 Grade: 3
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
黃葉つ (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

Etymology

The kanji spelling is from 黄葉 (kōyō).

Verb

黄葉つ (momi1tu) (kana もみつ)

  1. to turn (color) in autumn, said of leaves
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 8, poem 1516:
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      秋山(あきやま)()黄反(**)木葉(このは)()(うつり)去者(なは)(さらに)()(あき)()欲見(みまくほり)世武(せむ) [Man'yōgana]
      秋山(あきやま)もみつ()()のうつりなばさらにや(あき)()まく()りせむ [Modern spelling]
      akiyama ni momitsu konoha no utsurinaba sara ni ya aki o mimaku-horisemu
      In the autumnhills, the leaves of the trees have taken on colour; if they have changed, once again, shall not I long to see autumn?[1]

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • 黄葉 (momi1ti)
  • 黄葉たす (momi1tasu)
  • 黄葉たふ (momi1tapu)
  • 黄葉 (momi1tiba)

Descendants

  • Japanese: 黄葉づ (momizu)

References

  1. Jan Lodewijk Pierson, Jr. (1954) The Manyôśû Translated and Annotated Book VIII, Leiden: Brill Archive (E.J. Brill), page 110
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