_Umasahafu_ is the reading preferred by the Kogi to that in the text, _ajisahafu_. Of neither can any certain explanation be given. On the whole I am inclined to prefer the one suggested of _umasahafu_ under that word in the Kogi’s list of _makura kotoba_.--_umashi-aha-fu_, field of sweet millet; _ahafu_ = millet-field in K. 143, n. 2, _fu_ is perhaps an original form of _hafu_ or _hae_. The ancient Japanese _f_ (perhaps derived from a lost _p_) was something like the Highland ‘fwh’ in ‘fwhat’ of which the different elements were prominent in connexion with particular vowel sounds. As significant of numerousness, it is applied to _mure_ (flock, crowd) contracted into _me_ (to which through a homophon meaning ‘woman’ it is applied in the text) as well as sometimes to _yoru_, night (homophon of _yoru_, gather together, collect). There are parallel etymologies quoted by the Kogi, but it is needless to detail them here. _Umashiahafu_ would contract into _umasahafu_; _umashi_ may be written with a character _aji_, meaning taste, savour--hence _ajisahafu_, and of this the _aji_ might be confounded with its homonym _aji_ (a kind of teal or widgeon), explaining a common way of writing the expression--teal-marsh-abundant. For _umasahafu_, _shikitaheno_ see List m. k. 83 Minume no ura wo suguru toki Akahito ga yomeru uta hitotsu. Mikemukafu 1 Ahaji no shima ni tada mukafu Minume no ura no oki he ni ha 5 fukamiru tsumi urami ni ha nanori-so kari fukamiruno mimaku hoshikedo 10 nanorisono onoga na woshimi ma tsukahi mo yarazute are ha ikeru to mo nashi. 15 Suma no ama no 1 shiho-yaki kinu no narenaba ka hito hi mo kimi wo wasurete omohamu. 5 For _mikemukafu_, _fukamiruno_, _nanorisono_ see List m. k. 84 (Jinki) yotose to ifu toshi hinoto no u mutsuki ohokimitachi omitachi ni mikotonori shite Jintôryô ni hanachi imashime tamaheru toki ni yomeru uta hitotsu. Makuzuhafu 1 Kasuka no yama ha uchinabiku haru sari yuku to yama no he ni 5 kasumi tachibiki Takamato ni uguisu nakinu mononofuno yaso tomo no wo ha 10 karigane no ki-tsugi konogoro kaku tsukite tsune ni ariseba tomo namete 15 asobamu mono wo uma namete yukamashi sato wo machi-kate ni aga seshi haru wo 20 kakemaku mo aya ni kashikoshi ihamaku mo yuyushikaramu to arakazhime 25 kanete shiriseba chidori naku sono Saho-gaha ni iso ni ofuru suga no ne torite 30 shinubu-gusa harahite mashi wo yuku midzu ni misogite mashi wo ohokimino 35 mikoto kashikomi momoshikino ohomiya hito no tamahokono michi ni mo idezu 40 kofuru kono goro. 10-14 the Kogi text is followed.