八雲やくも立たつ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八はち	雲くも	立だて
や Grade: 1	くも Grade: 2	た(つ) Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki, the oldest extant historical record of ancient Japan, completed in 712 CE.

Derived from 八はち (ya, “eight → many”) + 雲くも (kumo, “cloud”) + 立たつ (tatsu, “to rise, stand”).

Adnominal

八雲やくも立りつ(やくもた)つ • (ya kumo tatsu) 

1. many clouds rising, an allusion to 出雲いずも (Izumo, a placename, especially Izumo Province)

Usage notes

Some scholars interpret the allusion to 出でづる雲くも (izuru kumo, “layered clouds”) instead of 出雲いずも (Izumo).

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:八雲やくも立たつ.

Old Japanese

Etymology

Derived from 八はち (ya, “eight → many”) + 雲くも (kumo₁, “cloud”) + 立たつ (tatu, “to rise, stand”).

Adnominal

八雲やくも立たつ (ya kumo₁ tatu) (kana やくもたつ)

1. many clouds rising, an allusion to 出雲いずも (Idumo₁, a placename, especially Izumo Province)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:八雲やくも立たつ.