ぬじ

See also: ぬし

Old Japanese

Etymology

Compare modern Okinawan ぬーじ (nuːdʑi) and Miyako ぬず (nudzɿ).

Noun

ぬじ (nuzi)

  1. a rainbow
    • 720, Nihon Shoki (Emperor Tenmu part 2, eleventh year of reign [684 CE], fifth day of the eighth month in autumn)
      丙寅、造二法令一殿內、有二大虹一。
      On the day of the Fire Tiger, laws were drawn within the palace, and there was a large rainbow.
    • 720, Nihon Shoki (Emperor Tenmu part 2, eleventh year of reign [684 CE], seventeenth day of the eighth month in autumn)
      戊寅、亦地震動。是日平旦、有レ虹、當二于天中央一、以向レ日。
      On the day of the Earth Tiger, there was another earthquake. On dawn this day, there was a rainbow at the middle of the sky, opposite the sun.
    Synonym: のじ (nozi)

Descendants
  • >? Japanese: 虹 (nuji → niji)
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