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汝妹

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
なにも
Jinmeiyō Grade: 2
jukujikun

Etymology

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Old Japanese. From (na, variably first- or second-person pronoun: "I" or "you"; here used to mean "I") +‎ (no, possessive particle) +‎ (imo, a male's sister).[1][2][3] The no fused with the imo, likely to avoid hiatus in Old Japanese, which did not allow such vowel-vowel combinations.

First attested in 712.[1]

Note that the usual possessive marker for pronouns was (ga), as in 汝が (na ga, thy; thine) or 我が, 吾が (wa ga, a ga, my), as in 我が夫 (wa ga se, my husband; my beloved man), 吾妹 (wagimo, my wife; my beloved woman), 吾が君 (a ga kimi, my lord).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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汝妹(なにも) (nanimo

  1. [from 712] (archaic, men's speech) an intimate form of address for a female by a male: "my sister"[4]
    Coordinate term: 汝兄 (nanimo, a form of address for a male by a female: "my brother")
    (うつくしき)(あが)()()(もの)(みこと)
    Utsukushiki a ga nanimo no mikoto
    Thine Augustness, my dear sister

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 汝妹”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ 汝妹”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN