紅葉つ

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Old Japanese

Kanji in this term
紅 葉
もみ
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jukujikun

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Particularly: “Cognate with classical verb 燃ゆ (⟨mo1yu⟩ → moyu), modern 燃える (moeru, “to burn”)? Alternatively cognate with 揉む (momu) and 紅 (momi) (perhaps with auxiliary verb つ (tsu, indicates the completion of an action))?”

The kanji spelling is from 紅葉 (kōyō).

Verb

紅葉つ (momi1tu) (kana もみつ)

  1. to turn (color) in autumn, said of leaves
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 8, poem 1628:
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      吾(わが)屋前(やど)之(の)芽子(はぎ)乃(の)下(した)葉者(はは)秋風(あきかぜ)毛(も)未(いまだ)吹(ふかね)者(は)如此曽(かくぞ)毛美(もみ)照(てる)
      我(わ)が宿(やど)の萩(はぎ)の下(した)葉(ば)は秋風(あきかぜ)もいまだ吹(ふ)かねばかくぞもみてる
      waga yado no hagi no shitaba wa akikaze mo imada fukaneba kaku zo momiteru
      The underleaves of bush clover from my garden have turned this bright even though the autumn wind has not yet begun to blow.

Conjugation

Classical conjugation of "紅葉つ" (タ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 紅葉た もみた momita
Continuative (連用形) 紅葉ち もみち momiti
Terminal (終止形) 紅葉つ もみつ momitu
Attributive (連体形) 紅葉つ もみつ momitu
Realis (已然形) 紅葉て もみて momite
Imperative (命令形) 紅葉て もみて momite
Key constructions
Negative 紅葉たず もみたず momitazu
Contrasting conjunction 紅葉てど もみてど momitedo
Causal conjunction 紅葉てば もみてば momiteba
Conditional conjunction 紅葉たば もみたば momitaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 紅葉ちき もみちき momitiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 紅葉ちけり もみちけり momitikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 紅葉ちつ もみちつ momititu
Perfect tense (natural event) 紅葉ちぬ もみちぬ momitinu
Perfect-continuative tense 紅葉てり
紅葉ちたり		 もみてり
もみちたり		 momiteri
momititari
Volitional 紅葉たむ もみたむ momitamu

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Japanese: 紅葉づ (momizu)

References

  1. ^ Edwin A. Cranston (1998) The Gem-Glistening Cup (Volume 1 of A Waka Anthology), illustrated, reprint edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 444
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