馬尾毛

Japanese
Kanji in this term
馬 尾 毛
Grade: 2 Grade: S Grade: 2
Irregular

Etymology

Appears to be a compound of 馬 (ba, “horse”) +‎ 素 (su, “raw material”).[1][2]

The su element also appears in some references[1][3] as 馬尾 (su, “horsehair, specifically from the tail”), apparently deriving from 簀, 簾 (su, “latticework, matting, or netting in a strainer”), as horsehair was often used to make this.

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), literally spelling out “horse + tail + hair”.

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)

Alternative forms

Noun

馬尾毛 (hiragana ばす, rōmaji basu)

  1. horsehair, specifically from the tail

Synonyms

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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