新妻

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
新 妻
にい
Grade: 2		 つま > づま
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Compound of 新 (nī, “new”) +‎ 妻 (tsuma, “wife”).[1][2][3][4][5]

First cited to roughly 1500.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

新(にい)妻(づま) • (nīzuma) ←にひづま (nifiduma)?

  1. [from 1500] a new bride, a newlywed wife

Proper noun

新(にい)妻(づま) • (Nīzuma) ←にひづま (nifiduma)?

  1. a surname

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
新 妻
しん
Grade: 2		 さい
Grade: 5
on’yomi goon

Probably a reanalysis of 新妻 (nīzuma), applying the expected on'yomi instead.

First cited to 1878.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しんさい [shìńsáí] (Heiban – [0])[4]
  • IPA(key): [ɕĩɰ̃sa̠i]

Noun

新(しん)妻(さい) • (shinsai) 

  1. [from 1878] a new bride, anewlywed wife
    Synonyms: 新婦 (shinpu), 新室 (shinshitsu)
Usage notes

The nīzuma reading for this compound appears to be more common.

References
  1. “新妻”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. “新妻”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. 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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