山羊

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Chinese

mountain; hill caprid
simp. and trad.
(山羊) 		山 羊
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Etymology

Compound of 山 (shān, “mountain”) +‎ 羊 (yáng, “caprid: goat, antelope, sheep”).

The sense "buck; vaulting horse" is a calque of Russian козел (kozel).

Pronunciation

Noun

山羊

  1. goat (animal) (Classifier: 隻／只)
  2. (Mainland China) buck; vaulting horse

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
山 羊
やぎ
Grade: 1 Grade: 3
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
野羊 (less common)
 ヤギ on Japanese Wikipedia
山羊・野羊 (yagi): a goat.

Etymology

Ultimate derivation unclear. Theories include:

  • Shift from 野牛 (yagyū, “wild cattle”), from a vague resemblance between the two creatures.
  • From Middle Chinese 羊 (MC yang) + い (i, possible epenthesis; see also development of 銭 (zeni) from older sen), with resultant /jiaŋi/ realizing in Japanese phonology as yagi.

Might only be attested in Japanese since 1523.[1]

The kanji spellings, either 山 (“mountain”) + 羊 (“sheep”) or 野 (“field; wild”) + 羊 (“sheep”), are examples of jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

Noun

山羊(やぎ) or 山羊(ヤギ) • (yagi) 

  1. a goat (animal)
    • 2000 April 20, “深(ふか)き森(もり)の長老(ちょうろう) (fukaki mori no chōrō) [Elder of the Deep Woods]”, in Magic Ruler －魔法の支配者－, Konami:
      昔(むかし)から森(もり)に住(す)んでいる白(しろ)ヤギ。真(しん)の姿(すがた)は森(もり)の長(ちょう)老(ろう)。
      Mukashi kara mori ni sundeiru shiroyagi. Shin no sugata wa Mori no Chōrō.
      A white goat who has dwelt in the woods since ancient times. Its true visage is as an Elder of the Woods.

Usage notes

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

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Further reading

References

  1. ^ “山羊・野羊”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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

Korean

Hanja in this term
山羊

Noun

山羊 • (sanyang) (hangeul 산양)

  1. hanja form? of 산양 (“long-tailed goral”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
山羊

Noun

山羊

  1. chữ Hán form of sơn dương (“serow”).
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