まつげ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
睫毛
まつ毛
睫 (less common)

Etymology

From 目(ま) (ma-, “eye”, archaic) + つ (tsu, “-'s”, archaic) + 毛(け) (ke, “hair”, rendaku form 毛(げ) (ge)).[1] Literally, "hair of the eye".

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ま​つげ [máꜜtsùgè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠t͡sɨᵝɡe̞]

Noun

まつげ or マツゲ • (matsuge) 

  1. (anatomy) eyelash
    • c. 790: Daihannya-kyō Ongi (Ishiyamadera manuscript, page 34)
      眼睫 [...] 倭言麻都竒

Derived terms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1978) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 3: Daihannya-kyō Ongi, Daihannya-kyō Jishō (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, →ISBN
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