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Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/木果

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Grade: 4
irregular

Etymology

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Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 木果, a term which decomposes into (tree) + (fruit), to native Japanese words (ko, tree) + (no, possessive particle) + (mi, fruit).

Noun

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木果 (このみ)[1](konomi) →  () () (konomi, tree fruits)

  1. fruit of a tree

Quotations

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  1. ^ OT, page 2:
     (かみ)(いひ)たまひけるは()(われ)(ぜん)()(おもて)にある實蓏(たね)のなる(すべて)草蔬(くさ)(たね)ある木果(このみ)()(すべて)()とを(なんぢ)()(あた)ふこれは(なんぢ)らの(かて)となるべし
    Kami ii tamaikeru wa miyo ware zenchi no omote ni aru tane no naru subete no kusa to tane aru konomi no naru subete no ki to wo nanjira ni atau kore wa nanjira no kate to narubeshi
    And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.