はた

See also: はだ

Japanese

Etymology 1

This is the only known citation. The type of cloth is unknown. The three other examples in the same text refer to cloth made from various plants, so this could be the original meaning. Otherwise it may be identified as 機 (hata, “woven”). The pronunciation may have even been /hada/ since voicing is not always explicitly marked.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha̠ta̠]

Noun

はた • (hata) 

1. (hapax legomenon) a type of cloth
   • c. 800: Shibunritsu Ongi (page 47)

     絁衣 波太衣

     rough silk cloth: pataKINU

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of はた – see the following entries.

【二十】 [numeral] (obsolete) twenty; 20 Alternative spelling 廿

【将】6 [adverb] or, alternatively, otherwise, furthermore, also [adverb] (archaic) perhaps, possibly [adverb] (archaic) that aside, however [adverb] (archaic) as expected [adverb] (archaic) not at all Alternative spelling 当

【旗】4 [noun] flag

【機】4 [noun] (weaving) a loom [noun] woven cloth

【畑】3 [proper noun] a surname Alternative spelling 畠

【秦】J [proper noun] a place name [proper noun] a surname

【羽太】 [noun] a grouper (fish) Alternative spelling ハタ

【凧】J [noun] kite

【羽田】 [proper noun] Hata (a neighborhood of Hita, Ōita prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] a surname

(This term, はた (hata), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as はた, see Category:Japanese kanji read as はた.)

(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet: 杯, 端, 鰭, 飛蝗, 八太, 硲, 羽多, 葉田, 八田, 波田, 漢, 波多, 葉多.)

References

• Tsukishima, Hiroshi (c. 800) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 2: Shibunritsu Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, published 1979, →ISBN