兎馬
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 兎 | 馬 |
| うさぎ Jinmeiyō |
うま Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 兔馬 驢 |
Compound of 兎 (usagi, “rabbit, hare”) + 馬 (uma, “horse”),[1][2] from the way that a donkey has proportionally long and tall ears, somewhat resembling a rabbit's or hare's ears.[3]
First cited in the Nihon Shoki of 720.[1] Not derived from the 赤兎馬 / 赤兎马 (literally “red hare horse”) referenced in the Records of the Three Kingdoms of the late 200s, which was not a donkey, and instead was a horse described as being as fast as a hare.
Pronunciation
Noun
兎馬 • (usagiuma)
- [from 720] donkey
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 兎 | 馬 |
| うさぎ Jinmeiyō |
うま > ま Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 兔馬 驢 |
Appears to be a contraction of usagiuma.
First cited in the Nihon Shoki of 720.[1] Not listed in many references, suggesting that this term may be obsolete.[2][4][5]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɯ̟sa̠ɡʲima̠]
Noun
兎馬 • (usagima)
- [720–??] (obsolete) donkey
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “兎馬”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “兎馬”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ^ “兎馬”, in 語源由来辞典 (Gogen Yurai Jiten, “Etymology Derivation Dictionary”) (in Japanese), 2003–2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- “▲兎馬”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][3] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026