"茗荷" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [mʲo̞ːɡa̠] Forms: 茗荷 [canonical] (ruby: (みょう), ()), 茗荷 [canonical] (ruby: 茗荷(ミョウガ)), myōga [romanization], meuga [romanization], めうが [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /meɡa/ → /meuɡa/ → /mjoːɡa/ From earlier mega (see below). The kanji spelling is an example of phonetic ateji. Head templates: {{ja-noun|みょうが|ミョウガ|hhira=めうが}} 茗(みょう)荷(が) or 茗荷(ミョウガ) • (myōga) ^(←めうが (meuga)?)
  1. myoga or Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga), of which only the shoots and flower buds are used in cooking Categories (lifeform): Ginger family plants
    Sense id: en-茗荷-ja-noun-g4kSCEJH Disambiguation of Ginger family plants: 41 7 10 42 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 40 7 10 43 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 7 8 44 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 68 11 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 39 7 12 42 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 41 7 7 45 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 70 11 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 40 6 10 44 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 70 11 19 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 41 8 11 40
  2. a dimwit, an idiot, a stupid person (from a folk belief that excess consumption of myoga causes forgetfulness)
    Sense id: en-茗荷-ja-noun-Z9m2xjdS
  3. a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”)
    Sense id: en-茗荷-ja-noun-FtjR~jPK Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 40 7 10 43 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 39 7 12 42 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 41 8 11 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 茗荷の子: a myoga flower (myōga no ko), a loss when gambling, 茗荷貝 (myōgagai) (ruby: 茗荷貝(みょうががい)) (english: a goose barnacle of family Pollicipedidae)
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [me̞ɡa̠] Forms: 茗荷 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), mega [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese [Term?]. Some sources mention that this might be a compound of 芽 (me, “sprout”) + 香 (ka, “fragrant”). However, the semantics are backwards compared to most other Japanese compounds. In addition, this term appears in writings of the Nara period with the spellings 女我 and 売我. The me syllable here is spelled phonetically with the so-called Type-A or 甲類 (kōrui) reading of e₁, but 芽 in Old Japanese had the Type-B or 乙類 (otsurui) reading of e₂. These two different e phonetic values were distinct in Old Japanese, indicating that 芽 (me, “sprout”) + 香 (ka, “fragrant”) is not the actual derivation. (For more details on Old Japanese spellings and phonetic values, see Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia) This reading is obsolete in modern Japanese. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|sort=めが}} Old Japanese [Term?], {{m|ja|芽||sprout|tr=me}} 芽 (me, “sprout”), {{m|ja|香||fragrant|tr=ka}} 香 (ka, “fragrant”), {{m|ja|女}} 女, {{m|ja|我}} 我, {{m|ja|売}} 売, {{m|ja|我}} 我, {{m|ja|甲類|tr=kōrui}} 甲類 (kōrui), {{m|ja|芽}} 芽, {{m|ja|乙類|tr=otsurui}} 乙類 (otsurui), {{m|ja|芽||sprout|tr=me}} 芽 (me, “sprout”), {{m|ja|香||fragrant|tr=ka}} 香 (ka, “fragrant”), {{pedia|Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai}} Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Head templates: {{ja-noun|めが}} 茗(め)荷(が) • (mega)
  1. (obsolete) myoga or Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga) Tags: obsolete Categories (lifeform): Ginger family plants
    Sense id: en-茗荷-ja-noun-UkfaWsN3 Disambiguation of Ginger family plants: 41 7 10 42 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 40 7 10 43 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 7 8 44 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 39 7 12 42 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 41 7 7 45 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 40 6 10 44 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 41 8 11 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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    }
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      "other": "みょーが"
    },
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      "ipa": "[mʲo̞ːɡa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen",
    "Myoga",
    "Shogakukan",
    "Tōkyō",
    "ja:ミョウガ",
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:大辞泉",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "茗荷"
}

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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
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    "Japanese terms spelled with hyōgaiji kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
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    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
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        "2": "芽",
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        "4": "sprout",
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
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        "3": "",
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      "expansion": "芽 (me, “sprout”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "香 (ka, “fragrant”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai"
      },
      "expansion": "Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia",
      "name": "pedia"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese [Term?]. Some sources mention that this might be a compound of 芽 (me, “sprout”) + 香 (ka, “fragrant”). However, the semantics are backwards compared to most other Japanese compounds. In addition, this term appears in writings of the Nara period with the spellings 女我 and 売我. The me syllable here is spelled phonetically with the so-called Type-A or 甲類 (kōrui) reading of e₁, but 芽 in Old Japanese had the Type-B or 乙類 (otsurui) reading of e₂. These two different e phonetic values were distinct in Old Japanese, indicating that 芽 (me, “sprout”) + 香 (ka, “fragrant”) is not the actual derivation.\n(For more details on Old Japanese spellings and phonetic values, see Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)\nThis reading is obsolete in modern Japanese.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "茗荷",
      "ruby": [
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          "め"
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          "荷",
          "が"
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      "form": "mega",
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      "categories": [
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        "Japanese terms with obsolete senses"
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      "glosses": [
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          "myoga"
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          "Japanese ginger",
          "Japanese ginger"
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          "Zingiber mioga#Translingual"
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    {
      "ipa": "[me̞ɡa̠]"
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    "Daijisen",
    "Myoga",
    "Nara period",
    "Shogakukan",
    "Tōkyō",
    "ja:ミョウガ",
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:大辞泉",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
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}

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