箒星

Japanese

Kanji in this term
箒 星
ほうき
Hyōgai 		ほし > ぼし
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 箒 (hōki, “broom”, in reference to the sweeping tail) +‎ 星 (hoshi, “star”). The hoshi changes to boshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ほーきぼし [hòókíꜜbòshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ːkʲibo̞ɕi]

Noun

箒(ほうき)星(ぼし) • (hōkiboshi) ←はうきぼし (faukibosi)?

  1. (astronomy) comet

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Okinawan

Etymology

Kanji in this term
箒 星
ほーち
Hyōgai 		ふし > ぶし
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Compound of 箒 (hōchi, “broom”) +‎ 星 (fushi, “star”). Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as はうちぶし.[1]

Noun

箒(ほーち)星(ぶし) (hōchibushi) ←はうちぶし (fautibusi)?

  1. (astronomy) comet
    Synonym: 入り髪星 (いりがんぶし, iriganbushi)

References

  1. ^ Nakamoto, Masayo (中本政世) (1896) 沖縄語典 [Documentation of the Language of Okinawa], Hikone (彦根市): Eishōdō (永昌堂), →DOI, page 79

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