小枝

Compound of 小(こ) (ko, “small”) + 枝(えだ) (eda, “branch”).

小(こ)枝(えだ) • (koeda) ^{←こえだ (koeda)?}

1. twig, spray

Inherited from Old Japanese 小枝 (sayeda).^[1]

小(さ)枝(えだ) • (saeda) ^{←さえだ (saeda)?}

1. branch, twig

小(さ)枝(え) • (Sae) 

1. a female given name

Compound of さ (sa-, “small, narrow”) +‎ 枝 (yeda, “branch”). Attested phonetically as 左要太, with non-phonetic spellings including 左枝 and 狭枝.

小枝 (sayeda)

1. branch
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 3, poem 386:

     此暮柘之左枝乃流来者楔者不打而不取香聞将有

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   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 19, poem 4177:

     明立者松之狭枝尒暮去者向月而

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   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 20, poem 4501:

     夜知久佐能波奈波宇都呂布等伎波奈流麻都能左要太乎和礼波牟須婆奈

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Attested phonetically as 故夜提 (ko₁yade). The -yade portion is possibly a metathesis of 枝 (yeda, “branch”), prefixed by 小 (ko₁, “small”).

小枝 (ko₁yade)

1. (Eastern Old Japanese) small branch; twig
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3493:

     於曽波夜母奈乎許曽麻多売牟可都乎能四比乃故夜提能安比波多我波自

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