/mɯ̟sɨbʲi no̞ ka̠mʲi/JAPONCA → TR
Tanım
•the Japanese god of matchmaking, love and marriage · a euphemism for a romantic matchmaker · one of the Japanese gods of creation
Etimoloji
Originally 産霊 (musuhi, “motive force, life force”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 神 (kami, “god, spirit”). The musuhi portion is itself a compound of 産す (musu, “to happen, to develop, to grow”) + 霊 (hi, “mystical power”). Musuhi no Kami is one of the kami of creation, responsible for producing heaven and earth and all things. The musuhi (“mystic power of growth”) eventually changed into musubi…