やもめ
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Japanese
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| 寡 寡婦 孀 鰥 鰥夫 |
Etymology
[edit]From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of an uncertain element やも (yamo) + 女 (me, “woman”).[1][2][3] The same element is also found in やもお (yamoo, “widower”, archaic), a compound with 男 (o, “man”).
The original sense of “widow” is first attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE, while the sense of “widower” arose later, in the 10th century, and is first recorded in the The Tales of Ise.[1] See also やまめ (yamame), an archaic shift from yamome.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
- 男やもめ (otokoyamome, “widower”)
- やもめ暮らし (yamomegurashi, “widowhood”)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “寡”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN