モセ

Ainu

Alternative forms

  • ムセ (muse), モサ (mosa)

Etymology

Possibly from Japanese 苧(むし) (mushi, “ramie plant”), likely from Middle Korean 모시 (mwòsì, “ramie plant or cloth”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mòꜛsé/

Noun

モセ (Latin spelling mose)

  1. nettle
  2. bast fibre of nettles (in general)

Derived terms

  • モセウシ (many nettles; Moseushi, Hokkaido)

References

  • John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎[1], Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 269
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