牡馬

牡馬

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
牡	馬
ぼ Jinmeiyō	ば Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぼ​ば [bóꜜbà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bo̞ba̠]

Noun

牡(ぼ)馬(ば) • (boba) 

1. male horse

   Synonym: 牡馬 (ouma)

   Antonyms: 牝馬 (hinba), 牝馬 (meuma)

   • 2009, 河原谷創次郎, 天正戦国大戦 二, 学研パブリッシング, →ISBN, page 149:

     前近代(ぜんきんだい)の日本(にほん)の軍馬(ぐんば)は、その多(おお)くが牡馬(ぼば)であったという。

     Zenkindai no Nihon no gunba wa, sono ōku ga boba de atta to iu.

     It is said that the majority of the warhorses in premodern Japan were male horses.

Derived terms

• 種牡馬(しゅぼば) (shuboba)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
牡	馬
お Jinmeiyō	うま Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
雄馬

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おうま [òúmá] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) お​うま [óꜜùmà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ɯ̟ᵝma̠]

Noun

牡(お)馬(うま) • (ouma) ^{←をうま (wouma)?}

1. male horse

   Synonym: 牡馬 (boba)

   Antonyms: 牝馬 (meuma), 牝馬 (hinba)

   • 1911, 島崎藤村, 千曲川のスケッチ‎, 青空文庫:

     ファラリイスの駒三十四頭(こまさんじゅうよんとう)、牝馬二百四十頭(めうまにひゃくよんじっとう)、牡馬(おうま)まで合(あわ)せて三百余頭(さんびゃくよとう)の馬匹(ばひつ)が列(れつ)をつくって通過(つうか)したのも、この原(はら)へ通(かよ)う道(みち)だった。

     Fararīsu no koma sanjū-yontō, meuma nihyaku-yonjittō, ouma made awasete sanbyaku-yotō no bahitsu ga retsu o tsukutte tsūka shita no mo, kono hara e kayou michi datta.

     The road leading to this field was also where a total of more than three hundred horses—including the thirty-four Phalaris foals, the two hundred forty female horses, and the male horses—passed through in file.