モズ

Japanese

モズ (mozu): a bull-headed shrike in winter in Japan.

Alternative spellings
百舌百舌鳥鴃鵙鶪

Etymology

*⟨mo₁mo₁ su⟩ → */monsu/ → ⟨mo₁zu⟩ → */mʷozu/ → /mozu/

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

Likely originally a compound of 百 (momo, “hundreds; lots and lots”, in reference to the bird's practice of mimicking other bird calls) +‎ す (su, “bird”, ancient term only found in old compounds, possibly cognate with Korean 새 (sae, “bird”)).[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) モズ [móꜜzù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3][4]
IPA^(key): [mo̞zɨᵝ]

Noun

モズ or もず • (mozu)

Lanius bucephalus, the bull-headed shrike
general name for birds in family Laniidae: the shrikes
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 10, poem 1897), text here
  春(はる)之(し)在(あれ)者(は)伯勞鳥(もず)之(の)草(くさ)具吉(ぐき)雖不所見(みえずとも)吾(われ)者(は)見将遣(みやらむ)君(きみ)之(が)當(あたり)乎婆(をば) [Man'yōgana]
  春(はる)さればもずの草(くさ)潜(ぐき)見(み)えずとも我(わ)れは見(み)やらむ君(きみ)があたりをば [Modern spelling]
  haru sareba mozu no kusaguki miezu to mo ware wa miyaran kimi ga atari o ba
  After spring has come the shrike goes plunging in the reeds and cannot be seen―but I will spy it out, my love, the place where you have your home.[5]
Hypernym: 雀 (suzume)

Derived terms

百舌(もず)勘定(かんじょう) (mozu kanjō)
百舌鳥(もず)古(こ)墳群(ふんぐん) (Mozu Kofungun)
百舌(もず)の草潜(くさぐき) (mozu no kusaguki)
百舌(もず)の速贄(はやにえ) (mozu no hayanie)
百舌(モズ)鶲(ヒタキ) (mozuhitaki)
赤(アカ)百舌(モズ), 赤鵙(アカモズ) (akamozu)
大(オオ)唐(カラ)鵙(モズ) (ōkara-mozu)
大(オオ)百舌(モズ) (ōmozu)
高砂(タカサゴ)百舌(モズ) (Takasago mozu)
稚児(チゴ)百舌(モズ) (chigomozu)
羽(ハ)黒(グロ)尾(オ)長(ナガ)百舌(モズ), 羽(ハ)黒(グロ)尾(オ)長(ナガ)鵙(モズ) (haguro-onaga mozu)
藪(ヤブ)百舌(モズ) (yabumozu)

References

Naoki Abe, 2008, 野鳥の名前 (Yadori no Namae, “Wild Birds' Names”, in Japanese), Tōkyō: Yama-kei Publishers, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Edwin A. Cranston (1998) The Gem-Glistening Cup, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 669

[1] Naoki Abe, 2008, 野鳥の名前 (Yadori no Namae, “Wild Birds' Names”, in Japanese), Tōkyō: Yama-kei Publishers, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[SMK5-4] 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[5] Edwin A. Cranston (1998) The Gem-Glistening Cup, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 669