箒星

箒星

Japanese

Kanji in this term
箒	星
ほうき Hyōgaiji	ほし > ぼし Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 箒 (hōki, “broom”, in reference to the sweeping tail) +‎ 星 (hoshi, “star”). The hoshi changes to boshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ほーき​ぼし [hòókíꜜbòshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ho̞ːkʲibo̞ɕi]

Noun

箒星 (hiragana ほうきぼし, rōmaji hōkiboshi, historical hiragana はうきぼし)

1. (astronomy) comet

Synonyms

• 彗星 (すいせい) (suisei)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Okinawan

Etymology

箒 (hōchi, “broom”) +‎ 星 (fushi, “star”). Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as はうちぶし.[1]

Noun

箒星 (hiragana ほーちぶし, romaji hōchibushi)

1. (astronomy) comet

Synonyms

• 入り髪星 (いりがんぶし, iriganbushi)

References

1. 1896: 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”). In Japanese. http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/992016/79

• 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”)‎, 1963