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Chinese
Etymology
For the fourth sense, borrowed from Malay Kodiang, from Thai เขาแดง (kǎo-dɛɛng, literally “Red Mount”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
高嶺
- (~山) Gaoling (mountain and village near Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China)
- (~市) Cao Lãnh (a city in Vietnam)
- (~村) Gaoling (a village in Xinshi, Jingshan, Jingmen, Hubei, China)
- (~市) Kodiang (a town in Kubang Pasu district, Kedah, Malaysia)
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology 1
From Old Japanese.
Compound of 高 (taka, stem of adjective 高い (takai), “high, tall”) + 嶺 (ne, “peak”).
Pronunciation
Noun
高嶺 • (takane)
- a high or lofty peak, as of a mountain
- 1205, Shin Kokin Wakashū (book 6, poem 675), text here (also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 4)
- 田子の浦にうち出でて見れば白妙の富士の高嶺に雪は降りつつ
- Tago-no-ura ni uchiidete mireba shirotae no Fuji no takane ni yuki wa furitsutsu
- As I set out on the beach of Tago, and look, I see the snow constantly falling on the high peak of Fuji, white as mulberry cloth.[2]
Derived terms
Idioms
Proper noun
高嶺 • (Takane)
- a female given name
- a surname
Etymology 2
From 高 (taka, stem of adjective 高い (takai), “high, tall”) + 峰 (mine, “peak”).
Proper noun
高嶺 • (Takamine)
- a placename
- a surname
Derived terms
Etymology 3
/kaurei/ → /kɔːreː/ → /koːreː/
From Middle Chinese 高嶺 (MC kaw ljengX).
Noun
高嶺 • (kōrei) ←かうれい (kaurei)?
- a high or lofty peak
Compounds
References
Old Japanese
Etymology
Compound of 高 (taka, stem of adjective 高し (takasi), “high, tall”) + 嶺 (ne, “peak”).
Noun
高嶺 (takane) (kana たかね)
- a high or lofty peak, as of a mountain
- , text here
田兒之浦從打出而見者眞白衣不盡能高嶺爾雪波零家留- Tago1-no2-ura yu utiidete mi1reba ma-siro1 ni so2 Puzi no2 takane ni yuki1 pa purike1ru
- We went out, passing through the bay of Tago, and when we looked, it was pure white; the snow falling on the tall peak of Fuji.[1]
Descendants
References
- ^ Haruo Shirane (2006) Classical Japanese: A Grammar, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 313