Talk:小

RFC discussion: November 2017–February 2021

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小

Mix up of multiple pronunciation.--2001:DA8:201:3512:4503:8F3E:74EC:C251 17:51, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Done, still needs to arrange some of the compounds/derived terms. Also added o and sasa/saza.

Side question, are 笹 (sasa, “bamboo grass”) and 栄螺 (sazae, “turban shell”) derived from the sasa/saza root? --POKéTalker (talk) 23:52, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

@POKéTalker -- For terms referring to living organisms, many monilingual JA dictionaries list encyclopedic details about the organisms themselves, while leaving out details about the terms, such as etymology and first citations. It can be rather frustrating.

One of the few online resources that discusses the etyma of such terms is 日本辞典 / Japan Dictionary. See their entry for 笹 and their entry for 栄螺. Both list 細・小・些些 (sasa) as a possible derivation.

Gogen Allguide is another resource that focuses on etymologies. They have an entry for 栄螺, but nothing for 笹. The entry they do have similarly lists 細・小・些些 (sasa) as a possible derivation.

HTH, ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │^{Tala við mig} 00:52, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Closed as stale. — surjection ⟨??⟩ 22:49, 7 February 2021 (UTC)