葦火

葦火

1. reed fire

⟨asi pi₂⟩ → */asipɨ/ → /aɕibi/

Compound of 葦 (あし) (ashi, “reed”) + 火 (ひ) (hi, “fire”).

The hi shifted to bi later in Middle Japanese, an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) あし​び [àshíꜜbì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [a̠ɕibʲi]

葦火 (hiragana あしび, rōmaji ashibi, alternative reading あしひ, rōmaji ashihi)

1. a bonfire of dried reeds
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 11, poem 2651), text here

     難 (なに)波 (は)人 (ひと)葦 (あし)火 (ひ)燎 (たく)屋 (や)之 (の)酢 (す)四 (し)手 (て)雖有 (あれど)己 (おのが)妻 (つま)許 (こ)増 (そ)常 (つね)目頬 (めづら)次 (し)吉 (き) [Man'yōgana]

     難 (なに)波 (は)人 (ひと)葦 (あし)火 (び)焚 (た)く屋 (や)の煤 (す)してあれどおのが妻 (つま)こそ常 (つね)めづらしき [Modern spelling]

     Naniwa-hito ashibi taku ya no sushite aredo onoga tsuma koso tsune mezurashiki

     Like Naniwa folk sooty from the smoke of reeds burned in the hearth―that's that woman of mine! But still she catches my eye.[2]

/asi pu/ → /aɕifu/

Compound of 葦 (あし) (ashi, “reed”) + 火 (ふ) (fu, “fire”, Eastern Old Japanese dialect).

葦火 (hiragana あしふ, rōmaji ashifu)

1. (regional, obsolete) a bonfire of dried reeds
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 20, poem 4419), text here

     伊 (い)波 (は)呂 (ろ)尓 (に)波 (は)安 (あ)之 (し)布 (ふ)多 (た)氣 (け)騰 (ど)母 (も)須 (す)美 (み)与 (よ)氣 (け)乎 (を)都 (つ)久 (く)之 (し)尓 (に)伊 (い)多 (た)里 (り)弖 (て)古 (こ)布 (ふ)志 (し)氣 (け)毛 (も)波 (は)母 (も) [Man'yōgana]

     家 (いは)ろには葦 (あし)火 (ふ)焚 (た)けども住 (す)みよけを筑 (つく)紫 (し)に至 (いた)りて恋 (こふ)しけ思 (も)はも [Modern spelling]

     iwaro ni wa ashifu tatedo mo sumi yoke o Tsukushi ni itarite koushike 'mowa mo

     I may be cooking over a reed fire in my house, but I live well. Still, since arriving in Tsukushi, I cannot help but have loving thoughts of home.[3]