黄葉つ

Old Japanese
Kanji in this term
黄 葉
もみ
Grade: 2 Grade: 3
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
黃葉つ (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

Etymology

The kanji spelling is from 黄葉 (kōyō).

Verb

黄葉つ (momi1tu) (kana もみつ)

  1. to turn (color) in autumn, said of leaves
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 8, poem 1516), text here
      秋山(あきやま)尓(に)黄反(＊＊)木葉(このは)乃(の)移(うつり)去者(なは)更(さらに)哉(や)秋(あき)乎(を)欲見(みまくほり)世武(せむ) [Man'yōgana]
      秋山(あきやま)にもみつ木(こ)の葉(は)のうつりなばさらにや秋(あき)を見(み)まく欲(ほ)りせむ [Modern spelling]
      akiyama ni momitsu konoha no utsurinaba sara ni ya aki o mimaku-horisemu
      In the autumnhills, the leaves of the trees have taken on colour; if they have changed, once again, shall not I long to see autumn?[1]

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

Derived terms
  • 黄葉 (momi1ti)
  • 黄葉たす (momi1tasu)
  • 黄葉たふ (momi1tapu)
  • 黄葉 (momi1tiba)

Descendants
  • Japanese: 黄葉づ (momizu)

References
  1. Jan Lodewijk Pierson, Jr. (1954) The Manyôśû Translated and Annotated Book VIII, Leiden: Brill Archive (E.J. Brill), page 110
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