からむし

からむし

Japanese

Etymology

The initial kara is likely から (kara, “Korea, China, foreign land”). The final -musi may be cognate with Middle Korean 모시 (mosi, “ramie cloth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾa̠mɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun

からむし (rōmaji karamushi)

1. 苧: (plant) ramie, Boehmeria nivea var. nipononivea
2. 苧: cloth made from the ramie plant
   • c. 800: Shibunritsu Ongi (page 47)

     蒭麻衣 加良牟斯衣

   • 898–901, Shinsen Jikyō (volume 7 page 8)

     枲 <...> 麻 加良牟志也

   • 898–901, Shinsen Jikyō (volume 7 page 34)

     葈○ 加良牟志

   • 898–901, Shinsen Jikyō (volume 11 page 30)

     枲 <...> 麻也 加良牟自

   • 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 6, page 57:

     麻苧 <...> 新撰字鏡 枲訓加良乎 葈訓和名加良无之 <...> 昌平本有和名二字 持統紀苧同訓爲加良无之 <...>

References

• Tsukishima, Hiroshi (c. 800) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 2: Shibunritsu Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, published 1979, →ISBN
• Shōjū; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (898–901) Shinsen Jikyō (Zōteiban) (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 15 December 1967, →ISBN.
• Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.