すみ
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| 炭 |
From Old Japanese, first appearing in 762 CE.[1] Cognate with 墨 (sumi, “ink; India ink”).[2]
In turn, from Proto-Japonic *sumi. Cognate with Miyako 炭 (sïm), Okinawan 炭 (shimi), Yaeyama 炭 (sïn).
Possibly derived from the homophonous 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) 済み (sumi) of verb 済む (sumu, “to finish, to conclude”), from the way that cinders are left after a fire has finished burning.
Possibly also related to 煤 (susu, “soot”).
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| 墨 |
From Old Japanese, first appearing in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE with the phonetic spelling 須彌 ⟨sumi1⟩.[6] Cognate with 炭 (sumi, “charcoal”).[2]
In turn, from Proto-Japonic *sumi. Cognate with Southern Amami Ōshima 墨 (sïmi).
Possibly derived from the homophonous 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) 済み (sumi) of verb 済む (sumu, “to finish, to conclude”), from the way that cinders are left after a fire has finished burning.
Possibly also related to 煤 (susu, “soot”), from which India ink is made.
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| 済み |
From the verb 済む (sumu, “to settle, to conclude, to finish”, first attested with this sense in the early 1300s), in turn from 澄む・清む (sumu, “to settle, to become clear”), from Old Japanese.
From Old Japanese, first appearing in the Kojiki of 712 with the phonetic spelling 須美 ⟨sumi1⟩.[7]
Considering the different pitch accent, this appears to be unrelated to the "charcoal; ink; finish" senses.
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| 酸味 |
From 酸 (su, the stem of adjective 酸い (sui, “sour”)) + み (-mi, “-ness”, specifically for subjective impressions).[8] The use of the 味 kanji is an example of ateji (当て字), in this case, phonosemantic matching with a possible conflation of senses.[9]
First cited to a text from 1833.[8]
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| (This term, すみ (sumi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as すみ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as すみ.) |
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