なぐるさの

Old Japanese

Alternative forms

• 投左乃 (man'yōgana)

Noun

なぐるさの (NAGURUsano₂)

1. a 枕詞 (makura kotoba); alludes to とほざかる (to₂pozakaru, “to be separated afar”)
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 13, poem 1330:

     麗妹爾鮎遠惜麗妹爾麗妹爾鮎矣惜投左乃 遠離居而

     KUPASI IMO NI AYU wo TO₂RAMU TO₂ KUPASI IMO NI AYU wo TO₂RAMU TO₂ NAGURUsano₂ TO₂POZAKARIWITE

     The beautiful girl's sweetfishes shall be taken! The beautiful girl's sweetfishes shall be taken! Like a thrown arrow, it gets separated apart... [...]