のじ

• IPA^(key): [no̞ʑi]

• IPA^(key): [no̞zɨ]

のじ • (noji) 

1. 虹: (Tōhoku, Chūbu, Tottori) synonym of にじ (niji)

• Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002) 日本国語大辞典　第二版 [Unabridged Japanese Dictionary: Second Edition], Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN

From Proto-Japonic *nonsi.

Cognate with modern Okinawan ぬーじ (nuːdʑi) and Miyako ぬず (nudzɿ).

のじ (no₁zi)

1. (regional, Central Eastern Old Japanese) a rainbow

   Synonym: ぬじ (nuzi)

   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3414:

     伊香保呂能夜左可能爲提爾多都努自能安良波路萬代母佐禰乎佐禰弖婆

     Ikaporo₂-no₂-yasaka no₂ wide ni tatu no₁zi no₂ araparo₁ made mo sane wo saneteba

     Over Ikaho mountain with its eight-foot high weir; as if the rainbow appears, what if we slept our sleep?

• >? Japanese: 虹 (noji → niji)