箒星

Japanese
Kanji in this term
箒 星
ほうき
Hyōgaiji		 ほし > ぼし
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 箒 (hōki, “broom”, in reference to the sweeping tail) +‎ 星 (hoshi, “star”). The hoshi changes to boshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ほーき​ぼし [hòókíꜜbòshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ːkʲibo̞ɕi]

Noun

箒(ほうき)星(ぼし) • (hōkiboshi) ←はうきぼし (faukibosi)?

  1. (astronomy) comet

Synonyms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Okinawan

Etymology
Kanji in this term
箒 星
ほーち
Hyōgaiji		 ふし > ぶし
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Compound of 箒 (hōchi, “broom”) +‎ 星 (fushi, “star”). Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as はうちぶし.[1]

Noun

箒(ほーち)星(ぶし) (hōchibushi) ←はうちぶし (fautibusi)?

  1. (astronomy) comet
    Synonym: 入り髪星 (いりがんぶし, iriganbushi)

References
  1. 1896: 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”). In Japanese. http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/992016/79

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