黄葉つ

Old Japanese

Kanji in this term
黄 葉
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:
      , text here
      秋山(あきやま)尓(に)黄反(＊＊)木葉(このは)乃(の)移(うつり)去者(なは)更(さらに)哉(や)秋(あき)乎(を)欲見(みまくほり)世武(せむ) [Man'yōgana]
      秋山(あきやま)にもみつ木(こ)の葉(は)のうつりなばさらにや秋(あき)を見(み)まく欲(ほ)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

Classical conjugation of "黄葉つ" (タ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 黄葉た もみた momita
Continuative (連用形) 黄葉ち もみち momiti
Terminal (終止形) 黄葉つ もみつ momitu
Attributive (連体形) 黄葉つ もみつ momitu
Realis (已然形) 黄葉て もみて momite
Imperative (命令形) 黄葉て もみて momite
Key constructions
Negative 黄葉たず もみたず momitazu
Contrasting conjunction 黄葉てど もみてど momitedo
Causal conjunction 黄葉てば もみてば momiteba
Conditional conjunction 黄葉たば もみたば momitaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 黄葉ちき もみちき momitiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 黄葉ちけり もみちけり momitikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 黄葉ちつ もみちつ momititu
Perfect tense (natural event) 黄葉ちぬ もみちぬ momitinu
Perfect-continuative tense 黄葉てり
黄葉ちたり		 もみてり
もみちたり		 momiteri
momititari
Volitional 黄葉たむ もみたむ momitamu

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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