ぼに
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[edit]| Alternative spelling |
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| 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][1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
- ^ “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
