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Japanese
Etymology
The initial kara is likely から (kara, “Korea, China, foreign land”). The final -musi may be cognate with Middle Korean 모시 (mosi, “ramie cloth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
からむし • (karamushi)
- 苧: (plant) ramie, Boehmeria nivea var. nipononivea
- 苧: cloth made from the ramie plant
- c. 800: Shibunritsu Ongi (page 47)
References
- Tsukishima, Hiroshi (c. 800) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 2: Shibunritsu Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, published 1979, →ISBN
- Shōjū with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (898–901) Shinsen Jikyō (Zōteiban) (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 15 December 1967, →ISBN.
- Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.