かまめ

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Old Japanese

Etymology

Listed in references as an ancient form of modern 鴎 (kamome, “seagull”).[1][2][3] However, the ultimate derivation is unknown. Possible derivations include:

  • From an uncertain onomatopoeic term
  • Related to 鴨 (kamo1, “duck”)
  • From some meaning of かま (kama)
  • The latter -me element is probably the め (me) that appears as an ancient suffixing element in some bird and fish names, such as 雀 (suzume, “sparrow”), 燕 (tsubame, “swallow”), 鯣 (surume, “cuttlefish”), 鮃 (hirame, “flounder”), 鮫 (same, “shark”)

Noun

かまめ (kamame2)

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: a seagull, gull; a white waterfowl
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 1, poem 2:
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      ...國原波煙立龍海原波加萬目立多都...
      ...kunipara pa ke2buri tatitatu unapara pa kamame2 tatitatu...
      On the plain of land, smoke from the hearths rises, rises. On the plain of waters, gulls rise one after another.[4]

Descendants

  • Japanese: 鴎 (kamome)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ Ian Hideo Levy (2014) Hitomaro and the Birth of Japanese Lyricism (Volume 734 of Princeton Legacy Library)‎, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 26
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