紅葉つ

Old Japanese
Kanji in this term
紅 葉
もみ
Grade: 6 Grade: 3
jukujikun

Alternative forms

Etymology

The kanji spelling is from 紅葉 (kōyō).

Verb

紅葉つ (momi1tu) (kana もみつ)

  1. to turn (color) in autumn, said of leaves
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 8, poem 1628), text here
      吾(わが)屋前(やど)之(の)芽子(はぎ)乃(の)下(した)葉者(はは)秋風(あきかぜ)毛(も)未(いまだ)吹(ふかね)者(は)如此曽(かくぞ)毛美(もみ)照(てる) [Man'yōgana]
      我(わ)が宿(やど)の萩(はぎ)の下(した)葉(ば)は秋風(あきかぜ)もいまだ吹(ふ)かねばかくぞもみてる [Modern spelling]
      waga yado no hagi no shitaba wa akikaze mo imada fukaneba kaku zo momiteru
      The underleaves of bush clover from my garden have turned this bright even though the autumn wind has not yet begun to blow.[1]

Conjugation
Classical conjugation of "紅葉つ" (タ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 紅葉たもみたmomita
Continuative (連用形) 紅葉ちもみちmomiti
Terminal (終止形) 紅葉つもみつmomitu
Attributive (連体形) 紅葉つもみつmomitu
Realis (已然形) 紅葉てもみてmomite
Imperative (命令形) 紅葉てもみてmomite
Key constructions
Negative 紅葉たずもみたずmomitazu
Contrasting conjunction 紅葉てどもみてどmomitedo
Causal conjunction 紅葉てばもみてばmomiteba
Conditional conjunction 紅葉たばもみたばmomitaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 紅葉ちきもみちきmomitiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 紅葉ちけりもみちけりmomitikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 紅葉ちつもみちつmomititu
Perfect tense (natural event) 紅葉ちぬもみちぬmomitinu
Perfect-continuative tense 紅葉てり
紅葉ちたり		もみてり
もみちたり		momiteri
momititari
Volitional 紅葉たむもみたむmomitamu

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Japanese: 紅葉づ (momizu)

References
  1. Edwin A. Cranston (1998) The Gem-Glistening Cup (Volume 1 of A Waka Anthology), illustrated, reprint edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 444
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