ぼに
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Japanese[edit]
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 盆 |
Etymology[edit]
From 盆 (bon, “tray; Obon festival, Bon festival”), with an epenthetic vowel -i added, in turn from Middle Chinese 盆 (MC bwon).[1] This word is also recorded in some western Kansai and eastern Chūgoku dialects up to at least the Shōwa period; some dialects have the forms ぼおに (bōni) and the Yoshino dialect of Nara Prefecture has ぼんに (bonni).[1][2]
First attested in the Kagerō Nikki of 974.[1]
Noun[edit]
- (obsolete or dialect, Wakayama, Tottori, Okayama, Hiroshima, Tokushima, Kagawa) Bon festival, Obon festival (held on July 15)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “ぼに 【盆】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)
[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
- ^ “ぼん【盆】”, in 日本方言大辞典 (Nihon Hōgen Daijiten, “Nihon Hōgen Daijiten”) [2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1989, released online 2016, →ISBN
