なえ

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spelling
苗

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *napay.

Apophonic form of 苗(なわ) (nawa, “seedling”, bound form, only used in compounds (e.g. 苗代 (nawashiro, “seedling bed”))), with the fusion of emphatic nominal particle い (i), similar to nouns such as 神 (kamu + i → kami, “god”) and 目 (ma + i → me, “eye”).

Pronunciation

Noun

なえ • (nae) ←なへ (nafe)?

  1. seedling; young plant

Etymology 2
Alternative spelling
萎え

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) なえ​ [nàéꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [na̠e̞]

Noun

なえ • (nae) ←なえ (nae)?

  1. wilting
  2. (slang) lame
See also
  • さげ (sage)

Verb

なえ • (nae) ←なえ (nae)?

  1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of なえる (naeru) [ichidan]

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