さかき

Old Japanese

noun
Definitions
  • any evergreen tree planted within precincts of a Shinto shrine

Etymology

Com from Old Japanese ja (government, woman, retainer, time, tree, leave, attendant, enter, leaf, depart, rule, hour, moment, armVerb, person, be) + Old Japanese 未然形 + Old Japanese irrealis form of verb m + Old Japanese ojp (something long and continue, seeing, cord, especially sakeEtymology 2, peak, alcoholic drink)+ Old Japanese 咲く (burst open, bloom)+ Old Japanese 木.

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Old Japanese

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