萌ゆ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
萌
も
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

Possibly cognate with classical verb 燃ゆ (moyu), modern 燃える (moeru, “to burn; get fired up; light ablaze”).

Verb

萌ゆ (intransitive, shimo nidan conjugation, hiragana もゆ, rōmaji moyu)

  1. (archaic) to bud, sprout
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 10, poem 2177), text here
      春 (はる)者 (は)毛 (も)要 (𛀁)夏 (なつ)者 (は)緑 (みどり)丹 (に)紅 (くれなゐ)之 (の)綵色 (まだら)尓 (に)所見 (みゆる)秋 (あきの)山 (やま)可 (か)聞 (も) [Man'yōgana]
      春 (はる)は萌 (も)え夏 (なつ)は緑 (みどり)に紅 (くれなゐ)のまだらに見 (み)ゆる秋 (あき)の山 (やま)かも [Modern spelling]
      haru wa moe natsu wa midori ni kurenai no madara ni miyuru aki no yama ka mo
      In spring, budding; in summer, green; and in autumn, the mountain is specked with crimson colors.

Conjugation

Derived terms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.