"東" meaning in Old Japanese

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Noun

Forms: aduma [romanization], あづま [hiragana]
Etymology: Ultimate derivation unknown. A speculative origin might be a compound of 天 (ama, “sky, heavens”, combining form) + 端 (tuma, “edge, beginning”), but the elision of the ma in ama does not follow normal patterns. Etymology templates: {{unk|ojp|nocap=1|sort=あつま}} unknown, {{com|ojp|天|端|pos1=combining form|sort=あつま|t1=sky, heavens|t2=edge, beginning|tr1=ama|tr2=tuma}} 天 (ama, “sky, heavens”, combining form) + 端 (tuma, “edge, beginning”) Head templates: {{head|ojp|noun|kana|あづま|sort=あつま|tr=aduma}} 東 (aduma) (kana あづま)
  1. the east Categories (topical): Compass points
    Sense id: en-東-ojp-noun-tH1WMc44 Disambiguation of Compass points: 31 38 31
  2. the lands east of the 都 (mi₁yako₁, “imperial capital”) Categories (topical): Compass points
    Sense id: en-東-ojp-noun-LK77v4qf Disambiguation of Compass points: 31 38 31 Categories (other): Old Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Old Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Old Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Old Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 23 54 23 Disambiguation of Old Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 94 3 Disambiguation of Old Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 2 96 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 吾妻 Derived forms: 東風 (alt: ayu, *koti, *kotikaze)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: ひむかし [hiragana]
Etymology: Found in one poem of the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE), but consistently spelled with this single kanji rather than in man'yōgana, thus leaving the reading unspecified. Originally a compound of 日 (pi₁, “sun”) + 向か (muka, the 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete form”) of verb 向く (muku), “to face a direction”). The final -si is possibly either the 風 (si) affix meaning “wind”, or a suffix indicating direction as in 昔 (mukasi, “past”). Etymology templates: {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{circa2|759 <small class='ce-date'>CE</small>|short=1}} c. 759 CE, {{m|ja|未然形||incomplete form|tr=mizenkei}} 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete form”), {{m|ojp|向く|tr=muku}} 向く (muku), {{com|ojp|日||alt2=向か|pos2=the <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">未然形</i> (mizenkei, “incomplete form”) of verb <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ojp">向く</i> (muku), “to face a direction”|sort=ひむかし|t1=sun|tr1=pi₁|tr2=muka}} 日 (pi₁, “sun”) + 向か (muka, the 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete form”) of verb 向く (muku), “to face a direction”), {{m|ojp|風|tr=si}} 風 (si), {{m|ojp|昔||past|tr=mukasi}} 昔 (mukasi, “past”) Head templates: {{head|ojp|noun|kana|ひむかし|sort=ひむかし|tr=*pi₁mukasi}} 東 (*pi₁mukasi) (kana ひむかし)
  1. the east Categories (topical): Compass points Related terms: 日向 (Pi1muka)
    Sense id: en-東-ojp-noun-tH1WMc441 Disambiguation of Compass points: 31 38 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 東風 (alt: ayu, *koti, *kotikaze)
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for 東 meaning in Old Japanese (5.5kB)

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