もち

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Japanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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Alternative spelling
糯

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

もち • (mochi) ←もち (moti)?

  1. glutinous rice
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Coordinate terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Alternative spelling
黐

Cognate with 糯 (mochi, “glutinous rice”).[2][3][1] The term mochi appears to have had a root meaning of sticky, stickiness, something sticky,[4][5] possibly from 持ち (mochi, “holding”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 持つ (motsu, “to hold”).

The birdlime sense appears to have arisen from the use of a substance similar to pounded 糯 (mochi, “glutinous rice”) to trap birds and other small animals. This substance was derived primarily from the bark of the 黐の木 (mochi no ki, “Ilex integra, the mochi tree, a variety of holly”).[2][1][6]

First appears in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE.[2][7]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

もち or モチ • (mochi) 

  1. birdlime (adhesive substance used for trapping birds)
    Synonym: 鳥黐 (torimochi)
  2. Short for 黐の木 (mochi no ki): Ilex integra, a species of holly
Usage notes[edit]

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as モチ.

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Derived terms

Etymology 3[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of もち – see the following entry.
【餅】S
[noun] mochi (Japanese rice cake made from glutinous rice, usually mixed with other ingredients)
[proper noun] a surname
(This term, もち, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as もち, see Category:Japanese kanji read as もち.)

Etymology 4[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of もち – see the following entry.
【持ち】
[noun] holding, possession
[noun] wear, durability
[verb] continuative of 持つ
(This term, もち, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as もち, see Category:Japanese kanji read as もち.)

Etymology 5[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of もち – see the following entry: 望

(The following entry is uncreated: 望.)

Etymology 6[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of もち – see the following entry: 以ち

(The following entry is uncreated: 以ち.)

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN, explanatory text at the bottom here in the [語誌] section (in Japanese)
  5. ^ 餅 entry in Gogen-Allguide (in Japanese)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  7. ^
    c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 13, poem 3239:
    , text available here
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