こなた
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See also: こなだ
Japanese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 此方 |
Various sources suggest a possible contraction from この方 (ko-no-kata, literally “this way”).[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Tokyo) こなた [kóꜜnàtà] (Atamadaka – [1])[3][1]
- (Tokyo) こなた [kònáꜜtà] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
- IPA(key): [ko̞na̠ta̠]
Pronoun[edit]
- (archaic) this way, here
- (archaic) the person in question, he, she, him, her
- (archaic) since (a time in the past), prior to (a time in the future)
- (archaic) first-person pronoun: I, me, we, us
- (archaic) second-person pronoun: you
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- こなた様 (konata-sama)
- こなた方 (konata-zama)
- こなた方 (konata-gata)
- 此方合点 (konata gatten)
- こなたかなた (konatakanata)
- こなた衆 (konatashū)
- こなた暗 (konatagura)
- あなたこなた (anatakonata)
- かなたこなた (kanatakonata)
- 年のこなた (toshi no konata)
- 此方 (konta)
See also[edit]
| a-/wa- “I, we” (first person) |
na-/-ma- “you, ye, thou” (second person) |
k- “this” (close to speaker) |
s- “that” (close to listener) |
a-/ka- “that over there” (far from both) |
i-/ta-/nani- “who, what, where, how, when” (interrogative) |
ono- “oneself” (reflexive) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | あ (a) あれ (are) わ (wa) われ (ware) まろ (maro) |
な (na) なれ (nare) なんぢ (nanji) まし (mashi) いまし (imashi) みまし (mimashi) きみ (kimi) |
こ (ko) これ (kore) |
そ (so) それ (sore) |
あ (a) あれ (are) か (ka) かれ (kare) |
た (ta) たれ (tare) なにがし (nanigashi) |
おの (ono) おのれ (onore) |
| Thing | こ (ko) これ (kore) |
そ (so) それ (sore) |
あ (a) あれ (are) か (ka) かれ (kare) |
いづれ (izure) なに (nani) |
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| Location | ここ (koko) | そこ (soko) | あしこ (ashiko) かしこ (kashiko) |
いづく (izuku) いづこ (izuko) いどこ (idoko) どこ (doko) |
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| Direction | こち (kochi) こなた (konata) |
そち (sochi) そなた (sonata) |
あち (achi) あなた (anata) かなた (kanata) |
いづち (izuchi) いづら (izura) いづかた (izukata) |
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| Manner | か (ka) かく (kaku) かくて (kakute) かう (kō) |
さ (sa) さて (sate) しか (shika) |
いか (ika) | ||||
| Time | いつ (itsu) |
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “こ‐な‐た 【此方】”, 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.)
- ^ Frellesvig, Bjarke (2010) A History of the Japanese Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 247
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
