葦火

葦火

See also: 苇火

Chinese

		reed; rush; Phragmites communis	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (葦火)		葦	火
simp. (苇火)		苇	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěihuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁵ fo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěihuǒ [Phonetic: wéihuǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěihuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: wei³-huo³
    • Yale: wěi-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeihuoo
    • Palladius: вэйхо (vɛjxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xwɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁵ fo²
    • Yale: wáih fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁵ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁵ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯¹³ fɔː³⁵/

Noun

葦火

1. reed fire

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
葦	火
あし Jinmeiyō	ひ > び Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

Compound of 葦 (ashi, “reed”) +‎ 火 (hi, “fire”), with the hi changing to bi due to rendaku (連濁) later in Middle Japanese.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あし​び [àshíꜜbì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
• IPA^(key): [a̠ɕibʲi]

Noun

葦(あし)火(び) • (ashibi) 

1. a bonfire of dried reeds

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Old Japanese

Etymology 1

Compound of 葦 (asi, “reed”) +‎ 火 (pi₂, “fire”).

Noun

葦火 (asipi₂) (kana あしひ)

1. a bonfire of dried reeds
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 11, poem 2651), text here

     難波人葦火燎屋之酢四手雖有己妻許增常目頰次吉

     Nanipa pi₁to₂ asipi₂ taku ya no₂ susite aredo₂ ono₂ga tuma ko₂so₂ tune me₂durasiki₁

     Like Naniwa folk sooty from the smoke of reeds burned in the hearth―that's that woman of mine! But still she catches my eye.[1]

Descendants

• Japanese: 葦火 (ashibi)

Etymology 2

Compound of 葦 (asi, “reed”) +‎ 火 (pu, “fire”, Eastern Old Japanese form of pi₂ above).

Noun

葦火 (asipu) (kana あしふ)

1. (regional, Central Eastern Old Japanese) a bonfire of dried reeds
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 20, poem 4419), text here

     伊波呂爾波安之布多氣騰母須美與氣乎都久之爾伊多里弖古布志氣毛波母

     iparo₂ ni pa asipu take₂do₂mo sumi₁ yo₂ke₂ wo Tukusi ni itarite ko₁pusike₂ mo pa mo

     I may be cooking over a reed fire in my house, but I live well. Still, since arriving in Tsukushi, I cannot help but have loving thoughts of home.[2]

References

1. Steven D. Carter (1991) Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 58
2. John Hinds, Senko K. Maynard, Shoichi Iwasaki, editors (1987) Perspectives on Topicalization: The Case of Japanese Wa (Volume 14 of Typological studies in language), John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 278