いね

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Alternative forms

  • (non-productive, bound form)

Etymology

⟨i1ne⟩/ine/

From Old Japanese. Attested in the Man'yōshū of circa 759 CE.[1] In turn, from Proto-Japonic *inay.

Pronunciation

Noun

いね or イネ (ineいね (ine)?

  1. the Asian rice plant, Oryza sativa
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3459:
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      伊祢(いね)都氣波(つけば)可加流安我手乎(かかるあがてを)許余比毛可(こよひもか)等能乃和久胡我(とののわくごが)等里弖奈氣可武(とりてなげかむ) [Man'yōgana]
      (いね)()けばかかる()()今宵(こよひ)もか殿(との)若子(わくご)()りて(なげ)かむ [Modern spelling]
      ine tsukeba kakaru aga te o koyoi mo ka tono no wakugo ga torite nagekamu
      As my hands are chapped from polishing rice, I wonder if the master’s son will take them and lament again tonight
  2. a 家紋 (kamon, family crest) with various designs of rice plants

Usage notes

  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

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Proper noun

いね (Ineいね (Ine)?

  1. (dated) a female given name
  2. a surname

References

  1. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN