黄葉

See also: 黃葉

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
Grade: 2 Grade: 3
Irregular

⟨mo(1)mi1ti⟩ → */mʷomʲiti/ → */mʷomʲidi//momid͡ʑi//momiʑi/

Shift from Old Japanese 黄葉 (momiti → momichi).

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of classical verb 黄葉づ (momidu), modern 黄葉ず (momizu, to yellow in autumn, said of leaves).

Probably cognate with classical verb 燃ゆ (/mo1yu/ → moyu), modern 燃える (moeru, to burn), from the coloring of autumn leaves appearing like a fire burning.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

黄葉 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 黃葉, hiragana もみじ, katakana モミジ, rōmaji momiji, historical hiragana もみぢ, historical katakana モミヂ)

  1. the yellowing of leaves in autumn
  2. the yellowed autumn leaves themselves
  3. Alternative spelling of 紅葉 (momiji): the Japanese maple (Acer palmatum); a kind of kamon with a Japanese maple leaf design
Derived terms
  •  () (ちょう)黄葉 (もみじ) (ichō momiji, yellowed gingko leaves)

Verb

黄葉する (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 黃葉する, hiragana もみじする, rōmaji momiji suru, historical hiragana もみぢする)

  1. (of leaves) to yellow in autumn
Inflection

Proper noun

黄葉 (hiragana もみじ, rōmaji Momiji)

  1. a female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
Grade: 2 は > ば
Grade: 3
Irregular

Shift from Old Japanese 黄葉 (momichi-ba).

Can also be parsed as a compound of 黄葉 (もみじ) (momiji, yellowing of leaves in autumn) +  () (ha, leaf, leaves). The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

黄葉 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 黃葉, hiragana もみじば, rōmaji momiji-ba, historical hiragana もみぢば)

  1. yellowed autumn leaves
  2. Alternative spelling of 紅葉 (momiji-ba): the leaves of the Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)
Usage notes

For emphasis, the initial momiji is almost always written in kana alone, as もみじ葉 (momiji-ba).

Derived terms
  •  (もみじ) () (momiji-ba no, pillow word)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2
よう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

/kwau jepu//kwɔːjefu//kwɔːjeu//koːjoː/

From Middle Chinese compound 黃葉 (MC ɦwɑŋ jiᴇp̚).

Pronunciation

Noun

黄葉 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 黃葉, hiragana こうよう, rōmaji kōyō, historical hiragana くわうえふ)

  1. the yellowing of leaves in autumn
  2. the yellowed autumn leaves themselves
Derived terms
  •  (こう) (よう) () () (しゅう) (Kōyō Wakashū)

Verb

黄葉する (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 黃葉する, hiragana こうようする, rōmaji kōyō suru, historical hiragana くわうえふする)

  1. (of leaves) to yellow in autumn
Inflection

See also

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
は > ば
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Compound of (ki, yellow) + (ha, leaf). The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Proper noun

黄葉 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 黃葉, hiragana きば, rōmaji Kiba)

  1. a surname

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
おう
Grade: 2
は > ば
Grade: 3
jūbakoyomi

Compound of (ō, yellow, the goon reading) + (ha, leaf, the kun-yomi or native Japanese reading).

The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Proper noun

黄葉 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 黃葉, hiragana おうば, rōmaji Ōba, historical hiragana わうば)

  1. a surname

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2

Grade: 3
jūbakoyomi

Compound of (, yellow, the kan'on reading) + (ha, leaf, the kun-yomi or native Japanese reading).

Proper noun

黄葉 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 黃葉, hiragana こうは, rōmaji Kōha, historical hiragana くわうは)

  1. a female given name

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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