棚たな機ばたつ女め

noun

female weaver

Archaic term for a woman who weaves, especially associated with the Tanabata legend. Not used in modern everyday language.

• 棚たな機ばたつ女めは、七夕たなばた伝でん説せつに登とう場じょうする織おり姫ひめを指さす古ふるい言こと葉ばだ。

  棚機つ女 is an old word referring to the weaving princess who appears in the Tanabata legend.

noun

Vega; Alpha Lyrae

Archaic astronomical name for the star Vega, derived from the weaving maiden of the Tanabata legend. Modern Japanese normally uses ベガ or 織女星 (しょくじょせい).

See also: 織女星 (しょくじょせい)

• 棚たな機ばたつ女めは、琴こと座ざのα星せいベガの古こ名めいとしても使つかわれた。

  棚機つ女 was also used as an old name for Alpha Lyrae, the star Vega in the constellation Lyra.