小夜
Japanese
Etymology 1
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
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Noun
- dark, night, nighttime
- 1205, Shin Kokin Wakashū (book 5 poem 483), text here (also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 94)
- Synonym: 夜 (yoru)
Derived terms
Derived terms
Proper noun
- a female given name
- a surname
Etymology 2
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
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Noun
Etymology 3
Various nanori readings.
Proper noun
- a female given name
See also
- 小夜の中山 (Saya-no-Nakayama)
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language or etymology language code in the parameter "1"; the value "2005" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).
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- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
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- Japanese surnames
- Japanese terms spelled with 小 read as こ
- Japanese terms spelled with 夜 read as よる
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