なむぢ

Alternative forms

Etymology

/namuti/ → /namdi/ → /nandi/. From earlier . Final voicing due to influence of medial voiced /m/.

Pronoun

なむぢ (rōmaji namuji)

1. 汝: (archaic) second person personal pronoun; you
   • late 10th century, Taketori Monogatari:

     大納言わらゐて、「なむぢらが君の使と名を流しつ。君の仰ごとをば、いかが背くべき」との給て [...]

   • late 10th century, Taketori Monogatari:

     大納言起きゐてのたまはく、「汝（なむぢ）らよくもて來ずなりぬ。龍は鳴る神のるいにこそありけれ。[...]」

See also

• なむち (namuchi)
• なんじ (nanji)

References

• Sakakura, Atsuyoshi; Yūichi Ōtsu, Hiroshi Tsukishima, Toshiko Abe, Imai Gen'e (1957) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 9: Taketori Monogatari, Ise Monogatari, Yamato Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN