もみ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
籾

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) もみ [móꜜmì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) もみ [mòmí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞mʲi]

Noun

もみ • (momi) ^{←もみ (momi)?}

1. unhulled rice

Derived terms

• 籾殻(もみがら) (momigara)
• 籾摺(もみす)り (momisuri)

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
樅

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) もみ [móꜜmì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞mʲi]

Noun

もみ or モミ • (momi) 

1. fir tree

Synonyms

• (more common) 樅(もみ)の木(き) (momi no ki)

Etymology 3

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

【揉み】 [verb] stem or continuative form of 揉む (momu) [godan]

【紅】6 [noun] silk cloth dyed an even shade of one color, often a deep gold dyed again with crimson, traditionally used as a kimono liner [proper noun] a female given name Alternative spelling 紅絹

【紅葉あかは】 [proper noun] a female given name Alternative spellings 黄葉, あけは, あげは, いろは, かえで, くれは, べには, もよ

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