Etymology 1
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/nasubi/ → */nasubʉ/*/nasumɨ/ → /nasumʉ/ → /nasuː/ → /nasu/
First attested in the late 1400s, originally a nyōbō kotoba term.
Shift from nasubi below.
Noun
茄子 or 茄子 • (nasu)
- Solanum melongena, the eggplant or aubergine
- a 茶入れ (chaire, “tea container”) in the shape of an eggplant
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 茄子科 (nasu-ka)
- 茄子紺 (nasukon)
- 茄子苗 (nasunae)
- 茄子の鴫焼き (nasu no shigiyaki)
- 秋茄子 (akinasu)
- 刺茄子 (Iga nasu)
- 賀茂茄子 (Kamo nasu)
- 玄白茄子 (genpaku nasu)
- 白茄子 (shironasu)
- 千成茄子 (Sennari nasu)
- 唐茄子 (tōnasu)
- 長茄子 (naganasu)
- 浜梨 (hamanasu)
- 米茄子 (beinasu)
- 惚け茄子 (bokenasu)
- 民田茄子 (minden nasu)
Etymology 2
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First attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE).
Various theories exist regarding the ultimate derivation:
(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 茄子 (qiézi).
Noun
茄子 or 茄子 • (nasubi)
- (archaic) Solanum melongena, the eggplant or aubergine
- (archaic) a 茶入れ (chaire, “tea container”) in the shape of an eggplant
- (figurative) poverty, destitution
- from the inexpensiveness of eggplants even the impoverished can eat
- a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with designs of eggplant fruits, flowers, and leaves
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 茄子売り (nasubi-uri)
- 茄子鉄漿 (nasubi-gane)
- 茄子薬 (nasubi-gusuri)
- 茄子の田楽 (nasubi no dengaku)
- 茄子苗 (nasubinae)
- 珊瑚樹茄子 (sangoju nasu)
- 茄子歯 (nasubiba)
- 赤子茄子 (akako nasubi)
- 秋茄子 (akinasubi)
- あたじけ茄子 (atajike nasubi)
- 刺茄子 (Iga nasubi)
- 蘞茄子 (egu nasubi)
- 気違い茄子 (kichigai nasubi)
- 木毟茄子 (kimishiri nasubi)
- 草茄子 (kusanasubi)
- 小茄子 (konasubi)
- 沢茄子 (sawa nasubi)
- 白茄子 (shironasubi)
- 種茄子 (tane nasubi)
- 天竺茄子 (Tenjiku nasubi)
- 長茄子 (naganasubi)
- 一口茄子 (hitokuchi nasubi)
- 水茄子 (mizu nasubi)
- 山茄子 (yama nasubi)
- 悪茄子 (warunasubi)
Proverbs
- 瓜の蔓に茄子はならぬ (uri no tsuru ni nasubi wa naranu)
- 一富士二鷹三茄子 (ichi fuji ni taka san nasubi)
- 親の意見と茄子の花は千に一つも無駄はない (oya no iken to nasubi no hana wa sen ni hitotsu mo muda wa nai)