Japanese

Noun

隼人 ‎(hiragana はやひと, romaji hayahito)

1. an ancient ethnic group living around the Ōsumi, Satsuma region of Japan
   • 720: Nihon Shoki (page 143)

     始起烟末生出之兒、號火闌降命。是隼人等始祖也。

   • 720: Nihon Shoki (page 175)

     是以、火酢芹命苗裔、諸隼人等、至今不離天皇宮墻之傍、代吠狗而奉事者矣。

   • 720: Nihon Shoki (page 423-425)

     時有近習隼人。曰刺領巾。瑞齒別皇子、陰喚刺領巾、而誂之曰 [...]

   • 720: Nihon Shoki (page 505)

     干時、隼人晝夜哀號陵側。與食不喫。七日而死。有司造墓陵北、以禮葬之。

   • 720: Nihon Shoki (page 509)

     是日、蝦夷・隼人並内附。

Noun

隼人 ‎(hiragana はやと, romaji hayato)

1. an ancient ethnic group living around the Ōsumi, Satsuma region of Japan

Proper noun

隼人 ‎(hiragana はやと, romaji Hayato)

1. A male given name

See also

• 蝦夷 (emishi, ebisu, ezo)

References

• Sakamoto, Tarō; Ienaga Saburō, Inoue Mitsusada, Ōno Susumu (1965) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei: Nihon Shoki (vol. 1), Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-000-60067-2