まつげ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
睫毛
まつ毛
(uncommon)

Etymology

From () (ma-, eye, archaic) + (tsu, -'s, archaic) + () (ke, hair, rendaku form () (ge)).[1] Literally, hair of the eye

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つげ [máꜜtsùgè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠t͡sɨᵝɡe̞]

Noun

まつげ or マツゲ • (matsuge) 

  1. (anatomy) eyelash
    • c. 790: Daihannya-kyō Ongi (Ishiyamadera manuscript, page 34)
      眼睫 [...] 倭言麻都竒
      眼睫 [...] 倭言麻都竒
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1978) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 3: Daihannya-kyō Ongi, Daihannya-kyō Jishō (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, →ISBN
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