Home Japanese Sakura – literal meaning ?JJapaneseSakura – literal meaning ?March 6, 20232 comments I just came across the verb 咲く , (さ.く ) to blossom. Of course I noticed how similar it is to sakura / 桜 . So, is 桜 it just verbal conjugation of 咲くafter all ? Does anyone here happen to know its literal meaning ? Tags:Japanese 2 commentsYou were onto something 🙂https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%A1%9C#JapaneseIt says here it’s from 咲くsaku and 等 -ra, a nominalizing and/or pluralizing suffix, so literally it’s ‘the blooms’According to this site:https://kizamu.com/archives/cherry-blossom-origin/There are multiple theories of the origin of the word. 咲く+ら is one of the theories proposed.Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
You were onto something 🙂https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%A1%9C#JapaneseIt says here it’s from 咲くsaku and 等 -ra, a nominalizing and/or pluralizing suffix, so literally it’s ‘the blooms’
According to this site:https://kizamu.com/archives/cherry-blossom-origin/There are multiple theories of the origin of the word. 咲く+ら is one of the theories proposed.
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You were onto something 🙂
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%A1%9C#Japanese
It says here it’s from 咲くsaku and 等 -ra, a nominalizing and/or pluralizing suffix, so literally it’s ‘the blooms’
According to this site:
https://kizamu.com/archives/cherry-blossom-origin/
There are multiple theories of the origin of the word. 咲く+ら is one of the theories proposed.