あぢさはふ

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Old Japanese

Etymology

The initial adi is likely from the 䳑鴨 (ajigamo, Baikal teal),[1] while the derivation of sapapu is unknown.

One theory states from 障ふ (sapu),[1] basis for modern 障える (saeru, to hinder, interrupt, transtitive) and 障わる (sawaru, to disturb, harm, intransitive). This is problematic as sapu is a 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, lower bigrade conjugation) verb and not a 四段活用 (yodan katsuyō, quadrigrade conjugation) verb required for a 未然形 (mizenkei, irrealis form) ending in -a.

Adnominal

あぢさはふ (adi-sapapu)

  1. allusion to (me2, eye)
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 2, poem 196:
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      ...御食向木⿺瓦缶之宮乎常宮跡定賜味澤相目辞毛絶奴然有鴨...
      ...mi1ke2 mukapu Ki2no2pe2-no2-mi1ya wo to2ko2mi1ya to2 sadame2-tamapi1 adi-sapapu me2ko2to2 mo tayenu sikare ka mo...
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  2. allusion to 夜昼 (yo1ru-pi1ru, day and night) or 夜昼知らず (yo1ru-pi1ru sirazu, unthought in day or night)
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 9, poem 1804:
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      ...春鳥能啼耳鳴乍味澤相宵晝不知蜻蜒火之心所燎管悲悽別焉
      ...paruto2ri no2 ne-no2-mi2 naki1tutu adi-sapapu yo1ru-pi1ru sirazu kagi1ro1pi2 no2 ko2ko2ro2 moyetutu *nage2ku wakare wo*kanasibi2 wakaru
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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN