小夜
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Japanese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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小 | 夜 |
さ Grade: 1 |
よ Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese. Compound of さ (sa-, prefix meaning "early" or "small", or meaningless) + 夜 (yo, “night”)[1]
The use of 小 in the spelling is an example of ateji (当て字). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- dark, night, nighttime
- 1205, Shin Kokin Wakashū (book 5 poem 483), text here (also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 94)
- Synonym: 夜 (yoru)
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- 小夜嵐 (sayo arashi)
- 小夜神楽 (sayo kagura)
- 小夜曲 (sayokyoku, “serenade”)
- 小夜格子 (sayo gōshi)
- 小夜衣 (sayo-goromo)
- 小夜時雨 (sayo shigure)
- 小夜千鳥 (sayo chidori)
- 小夜の中山 (Sayo-no-Nakayama)
- 小夜の寝覚め (sayo no nezame)
Proper noun[edit]
- a female given name
- a surname
Etymology 2[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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小 | 夜 |
こ Grade: 1 |
よる Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
From 小 (ko, “small”) + 夜 (yoru, “night”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Various nanori readings.
Proper noun[edit]
- a female given name
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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