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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
蜻蛉
- dragonfly
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology 1
トンボ on Japanese Wikipedia
/toɴboː/ → /toɴbo/
Shift from earlier tonbō, shortening the final vowel.[1] Now the most common reading of this term.
The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 蜻蛉 (qīnglíng).
Pronunciation
Noun
蜻蛉 or 蜻蛉 • (tonbo)
- dragonfly
- Synonym: (Tsugaru) だんぶり (danburi)
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 トンボ.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
/toubau/ → /toːbɔː/ → /toɴbɔː/ → /toɴboː/
Shift from earlier tōbō.[4] Appears in the 康頼本草 (Yasuyori Honzō) of 995 CE.
Pronunciation
Noun
蜻蛉 or 蜻蛉 • (tonbō) ←とんばう (tonbau)?
- dragonfly
Etymology 3
/toubau/ → /toːbɔː/ → /toːboː/
Derivation unknown.[4] Some theories include:
- Originally a compound of 飛ぶ (tobu, “to fly; flying”) + 棒 (bō, “stick, pole”, ancient reading bau).[5] However, this combines a native Japanese etymon with a Chinese borrowing, and the term appears early in the historical record, when such compounds were not common.[6]
- Originally a compound of 飛ぶ (tobu, “to fly; flying”) + 羽 (ha, “wing”, ancient reading pa) + uncertain element う (u).[5] While more likely in terms of historical trends, this leaves the final element unexplained.[6]
This reading appears to have been superseded by tonbō and tonbo.
Pronunciation
Noun
蜻蛉 or 蜻蛉 • (tōbō) ←とうばう (toubau)?
- (archaic, possibly obsolete) dragonfly
Etymology 4
From Middle Chinese 蜻蛉 (MC tsjeng leng).
Pronunciation
Noun
蜻蛉 or 蜻蛉 • (seirei)
- dragonfly
Etymology 5
Attested in the late 18th century.[4]
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
蜻蛉 or 蜻蛉 • (enba) ←ゑんば (wenba)?
- (archaic) dragonfly
Etymology 6
| For pronunciation and definitions of 蜻蛉 – see the following entry.
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| 【秋津】
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- (archaic) dragonfly
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| 【秋津】
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- (archaic, since the Heian period) dragonfly
- a railway station in Higashimurayama, Tokyo
- a shrine in Higashimurayama, Tokyo
- name of several towns in Japan
- Akitsu (a town in Higashimurayama, Tokyo prefecture, Japan)
- Akitsu (a town in Meitoku district, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
- Akitsu (a town in Higashi district, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan)
- name of several villages in Japan
- a surname
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| (This term, 蜻蛉, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Etymology 7
| For pronunciation and definitions of 蜻蛉 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 蜻蛉, is an alternative spelling (obsolete) of the above term.)
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References
- ^ “蜻蛉・蜻蜓”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 “蜻蛉”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 “トンボ・蜻蛉”, in 日本辞典 (Nihon Jiten, “Japan Dictionary”) (in Japanese), 2007–2017.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 “トンボ／蜻蛉／とんぼ”, in 語源由来辞典 (Gogen Yurai Jiten, “Etymology Derivation Dictionary”) (in Japanese), 2003–2025.
