戀し

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See also: 恋し

Old Japanese

Etymology 1

From 戀ひ (kopi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 戀ふ (ko1pu), “to love, long for”) +‎ (-shi, adjectival suffix).

Adjective

戀し (ko1pi2si) (kana こひし)

  1. longed for, yearned for
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Descendants
  • Japanese: 恋しい (こいしい, koishii)

Etymology 2

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Adjective

戀し (ko1posi) (kana こほし)

  1. longed for, yearned for
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Etymology 3

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Adjective

戀し (ko1pusi) (kana こふし)

  1. (regional, Eastern Old Japanese) longed for, yearned for
    • 720, Nihon Shoki, poem 123:
      枳瀰我梅能姑藩之枳舸羅儞娑底底威底舸矩野姑悲武謀枳瀰我梅弘報梨
      ki1mi1 ga me2 no2 ko1posiki1 kara ni patete wite kaku ya ko1pi2mu mo ki1mi1 ga me2 wo pori
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Etymology 4

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Adjective

戀し (kupusi) (kana くふし)

  1. (regional, Southern Eastern Old Japanese) longed for, yearned for
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 20, poem 4345:
      和伎米故等不多利和我見之宇知江須流須流河乃祢良波苦不志久米阿流可
      wagi1me2ko1 to2 putari waga mi1si utiyesuru Suruga-no2-nera pa kupusiku me2 aru ka
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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