This refers to “riding vehicles” in general, and has to be combined more specifically with uma “horse” to give uma ni noru “to ride a horse” in this case.
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Old Japanese [21]
(710–794)
Lexical stratum
wago
Year
万葉集 (after 8th century)
Comparison with Korean
Class 3: (K term means ’to fly’, J shows s/r alternation with noseru ’give s.o. a ride, carry’): K nal- < MK nɔl- < *nɔr-. (185)