麻布まふ

Chinese

		(to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp (to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp; numb; to bother	to declare; to announce; to spread to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth
trad. (麻布まふ)		麻あさ	布ぬの
simp. ^#(麻布まふ)		麻あさ	布ぬの

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mábù

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˊ ㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁴ bou³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): mà-pu

(Meixian, Guangdong): ma² bu⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): môa-pò͘

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): mua⁵ beu³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mábù
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ ㄅㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mábù
  - Wade–Giles: ma²-pu⁴
  - Yale: má-bù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mabuh
  - Palladius: мабу (mabu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä³⁵ pu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa⁴ bou³
  - Yale: màh bou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁴ bou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma⁴ bou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː²¹ pou̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mà-pu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ma^ˇ bu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ma² bu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ma¹¹ pu⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ma² bu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ma¹¹ pu⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môa-pò͘
  - Tâi-lô: muâ-pòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moa'pox
  - IPA (Xiamen): /muã²⁴⁻²² pɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /muã²⁴⁻²² pɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /muã¹³⁻²² pɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /muã²⁴⁻¹¹ pɔ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /muã²³⁻³³ pɔ²¹/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: mua⁵ beu³
  - Sinological IPA: /mua²² pɛu²¹/

Noun

麻布まふ

linen cloth; hemp cloth

Derived terms

粗そ麻布まふ (cūmábù)
麻布まふ袋ぶくろ (mábùdài)

Japanese

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

麻あさ織物おりもの (Hemp textiles)

Wikipedia ^ja

麻布まふ (asanuno, asafu, mafu): an example of hempen cloth from southern China.

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Hemp

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
麻あさ	布ぬの
あさ Grade: S	ぬの Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Compound of Old Japanese elements 麻あさ (asa, “hemp, ramie”) +‎ 布ぬの (nuno, “woven cloth other than silk”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あさぬの [àsánúnó] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [a̠sa̠nɯ̟no̞]

Noun

麻あさ(あさ)布ぬの(ぬの) • (asanuno)

cloth woven of hemp or ramie, similar to linen

Usage notes

This appears to be the most common term for hempen cloth.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
麻あさ	布ぬの
あさ Grade: S	ふ Grade: 5
yutōyomi

Compound of 麻あさ (asa, “hemp, ramie”) +‎ 布ぬの (fu, “woven cloth”).^[1] This uses the on'yomi of fu for 布ぬの, deriving from Middle Chinese 布ぬの (pu^H); compare modern Mandarin reading bù.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [a̠sa̠ɸɯ̟]

Noun

麻あさ(あさ)布ぬの(ふ) • (asafu)

(obsolete) cloth woven of hemp or ramie, similar to linen

Usage notes

This term appears to be used in modern Japanese. It is not included in the Shinmeikai monolingual Japanese dictionary,^[3] nor in the Daijirin monolingual Japanese dictionary.^[2]

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
麻あさ	布ぬの
あざ Grade: S	ぶ Grade: 5
irregular

Most likely a compound of Old Japanese elements 麻あさ (asa, “hemp, ramie”) +‎ 生せい (fu, “place where things grow”), given that the Azabu area was known in ancient times as a place for growing hemp or ramie.^[1]

This fu element also appears in terms such as 粟生あおう (awafu, “a field for growing millet”)^[1]^[2] and 豆まめ生せい, 豆田まめだ (mamefu, “a field for growing beans”).^[1] The use of 布ぬの to spell the fu portion would be an example of ateji, probably influenced by the way that hemp is used to make cloth (布ぬの).

The reasons for the shift in pronunciation from asafu to azabu remain unclear.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [a̠za̠bɯ̟]

Proper noun

麻あさ(あざ)布ぬの(ぶ) • (Azabu)

Azabu, an area in Minato ward, Tokyo

Adjective

麻あさ(あざ)布ぬの(ぶ) • (azabu) -na (adnominal 麻あさ(あざ)布ぬの(ぶ)な (azabu na), adverbial 麻あさ(あざ)布ぬの(ぶ)に (azabu ni))

(dated) of unknown intent
This usage developed from the idiom. See Idioms below for details.
- 何事なにごとも麻布まふにて、様々さまざまどうらくをなし給きゅうふ^[4]
  なにごともあざぶにて、さまざまどうらくをなしたまふ
  
  Nanigoto mo azabu ni te, samazama dōraku o nashitamau...
  Everything of [his] real intentions is unknown, and [he] amuses himself with various diversions...

Idioms

麻布まふ(あざぶ)で気き(き)が知ち(し)れぬ (azabu de ki ga shirenu): “you can't figure out the feeling [intent] in Azabu” → based on a pun on the phrase “you can't figure out [identify] the trees in Azabu”, substituting 気き (ki, “sense, intent, feeling”) for 木き (ki, “tree”), appearing in print in 1763. This derives from the way that the Azabu area includes the Roppongi neighborhood. Although Roppongi is spelled as 六本木ろっぽんぎ (“six trees”), there have not been any trees in the area that would match this description for quite some time.^[1]^[2]

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
麻あさ	布ぬの
ま Grade: S	ふ Grade: 5
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 麻布まふ (mæ pu^H). Compare modern Mandarin reading mábù.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まふ [máꜜfù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ma̠ɸɯ̟]

Noun

麻あさ(ま)布ぬの(ふ) • (mafu)

(rare) cloth woven of hemp or ramie, similar to linen

Usage notes

This term appears to be less commonly used. It is not included in the Shinmeikai monolingual Japanese dictionary.^[3]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語こくご大だい辞典じてん（新装しんそう版ばん） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林だいじりん [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新しん明解めいかい国語こくご辞典じてん [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 1763: Hiraga Gennai, Nenashigusa (a dangibon)

[KDJ-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語こくご大だい辞典じてん（新装しんそう版ばん） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林だいじりん [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新しん明解めいかい国語こくご辞典じてん [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[4] 1763: Hiraga Gennai, Nenashigusa (a dangibon)

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