そおず

Japanese
Alternative spelling
案山子

Etymology

⟨so2podo2⟩ → */səpədə/ → /soɸod͡zu/ → /sowod͡zu/ → /soːzu/

Shift from Old Japanese そほど (so2podo2).[1][2]

Noun

そおず • (sōzu) ←そほづ (sofodu)?

  1. (archaic) a scarecrow
    Synonym: かかし (kakashi)
    • 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 9, poem 1027)
      あしひきの山(やま)田(だ)のそほづおのれさへ我(われ)をほしてふうれはしきこと
      ashi-hiki no yamada no sōzu onore sae ware o hoshi chō urewashiki koto
      Ah, what a trial! Even you make bold, it seems, to chase after me―you scarecrow in a paddy among the foot-wearying hills.[3]

Derived terms
  • 山(やま)田(だ)のそおず (yamada no sōzu)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Steven D. Carter (1993) Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 94
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