あまねし
Japanese
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遍し 普し |
Etymology
Unclear. The initial element ama- may be related to 数多 (amata), 余る (amaru), and 余す (amasu).
Almost certainly related to 多し (maneshi) and さまねし (samaneshi). One theory suggests a relationship with Korean 많- (man-, “to be many”) through Middle Korean 만〯 (Yale: mǎn), where 多し (maneshi) would be the base form whilst Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) and さまねし (samaneshi) would be forms that have a prefix attached. However, this theory is problematic for several reasons:
- The relationship with ama- described above.
- Whilst さ (sa) in さまねし (samaneshi) is likely the beautification prefix さ (sa-), as seen in 彷徨う (samayou) and さ寝 (sanu), there is no such etymologically regularly seen and semantically consistent prefix *あ (a-) known.
- Middle Korean 만〯 (Yale: mǎn) is usually, though somewhat speculatively, connected to Sino-Korean 萬 (mǎn, “ten thousand; myriad; (figuratively) countless”). This form displaced native 하다〮 (Yale: hàtá, “to be many”), the older form, which would more likely be the form that would have some sort of genetic or loanword relationship with Japanese.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [a̠ma̠ne̞ɕi]
Derived terms
- あまねく (amaneku)
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