馬素

Japanese

Kanji in this term
馬	素
ば Grade: 2	す Grade: 5
kan'on	goon

Alternative spelling
馬尾毛

Etymology

Appears to be a compound of 馬 (ba, “horse”) +‎ 素 (su, “raw material”).^[1]^[2]

The su element also appears in some references^[1]^[3] as 馬尾 (su, “horsehair, specifically from the tail”), apparently deriving from 簀, 簾 (su, “latticework, matting, or netting in a strainer”), as horsehair was often used to make this.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ばす [báꜜsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3]
IPA^(key): [ba̠sɨ]

Noun

馬(ば)素(す) • (basu)

horsehair, specifically from the tail

Synonyms

馬尾(す) (su)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJS-2] Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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