海松

海松

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
海	松
みる
Grade: 2	Grade: 4
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
海松 (kyūjitai) 水松

海松 (miru): Codium fragile, a kind of edible seaweed.

⟨mi₁ru⟩ → */mʲiru/ → /miru/

From Old Japanese, appearing in the Man'yōshū poetry anthology of roughly 759 CE.[1] Further derivation unknown.

Cognate with Okinawan ビール (bīru) and Northern Amami-Oshima ビル (biru).

The kanji spelling literally means “sea pine”.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) み​る [míꜜrù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [mʲiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

海松(みる) • (miru) 

1. [circa 759] the green sea or dead man's fingers, Codium fragile

   Synonyms: 海松房 (mirubusa), 海松布 (mirume)

2. Short for 海松色 (miruiro): a dark yellowish-green color

Usage notes

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ミル.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 海松(みる)色(いろ) (miruiro)
• 海松(ミル)貝(ガイ) (mirugai)
• 海松(ミル)食(クイ) (mirukui)
• 海松(みる)茶(ちゃ) (mirucha)
• 海松(ミル)菜(ナ) (miruna)
• 海松(みる)房(ぶさ) (mirubusa)
• 海松(みる)布(め) (mirume)
• 海松(ミル)蘭(ラン) (miruran)
• 長(ナガ)海松(ミル) (nagamiru)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
海	松
うみ Grade: 2	まつ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
海松 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 海 (umi, “sea”) +‎ 松 (matsu, “pine”).[1][2]

First cited to roughly 935 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うみ​まつ [ùmíꜜmàtsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝmʲima̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

海(うみ)松(まつ) • (umimatsu) 

1. [circa 1014] a pine tree on the seashore
2. [1709] Synonym of 海唐松 (umi karamatsu): a coral of the family Antipathidae
3. [circa 935] (colloquial) the green sea or dead man's fingers, Codium fragile

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Old Japanese

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *meru. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

海松 (mi₁ru) (kana みる)

1. the green sea or dead man's fingers, Codium fragile
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 5, poem 892), text here

     ...錦毛奈伎布可多衣乃美留乃其等和和氣佐我禮流可可布能尾肩爾打懸...

     ...wata mo naki₁ nuno₂ katagi₁nu no₂ mi₁ru no₂ go₂to₂ wawake₂-sagareru kakapu no₂mi₂ kata ni utikake₂...

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• 深海松 (pukami₁ru)
• 俣海松 (matami₁ru)

Descendants

• Japanese: 海松 (miru)