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?)
Noun
- dark, night, nighttime
- 1205, Shin Kokin Wakashū (book 5 poem 483), text here (also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 94)
- Synonym: 夜 (yoru)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Various nanori readings.
See also
- 小夜の中山 (Saya-no-Nakayama)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- Matsuo Basho; David Landis Barnhill (2005) Basho's Journey: The Literary Prose of Matsuo Basho, illustrated edition, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 148
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