なえ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
苗

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *napay.

Apophonic form of 苗(なわ) (nawa, “seedling”, bound form, only used in compounds), similar to nouns such as 神 (kami, kan-, kamu-, “god”) and 目 (me, ma-, “eye”).

Pronunciation

Noun

なえ • (nae) ←なへ (nafe)?

  1. seedling; young plant

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
萎え

Pronunciation

Noun

なえ • (nae) ←なえ (nae)?

  1. wilting
  2. (slang) lame
See also
  • さげ (sage)

Verb

なえ • (nae) ←なえ (nae)?

  1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of なえる (naeru) [ichidan]

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of なえ – see the following entry.
【地震】
[noun] [from late 1400s] (archaic, possibly obsolete or dialect) an earthquake
(This term, なえ (nae), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as なえ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as なえ.)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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