用ゆ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
もち
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

/mot͡ɕiwiru/ → */mot͡ɕijiru//mot͡ɕiju/

Back-formation from 用いる (mochiiru), classical 用ゐる (motiwiru).[1][2]

During the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, sound changes reduced medial /-w-/, merging into /i/.

Verb

(もち) • (mochiyu) transitive nidan

  1. (archaic, obsolete) to use, make use of, utilize
  2. (archaic, obsolete) to adopt
  3. (archaic, obsolete) to assign, appoint

Conjugation

See also

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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