をさぎ
See also: をざき
Old Japanese
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *wosanki.
Given this Eastern Old Japanese reflex, the Western pronunciation would have been *əsanki. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
をさぎ (wosagi1)
- (regional, Eastern Old Japanese) a rabbit
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3529), text here
- 等夜乃野爾乎佐芸禰良波里乎佐乎左毛禰奈敞古由恵爾波伴爾許呂波要
- To2ya no2 no1 ni wosagi1 nerapari wosawosa mo nenape1 ko1 yuwe ni papa ni ko2ro2paye
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3529), text here
Descendants
- Japanese: 兎 (usagi)