こなた
See also: こなだ
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 此方 |
Various sources suggest a possible contraction from この方 (ko-no-kata, literally “this way”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) こなた [kóꜜnàtà] (Atamadaka – [1])[3][1]
- (Tokyo) こなた [kònáꜜtà] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
- IPA(key): [ko̞na̠ta̠]
Pronoun
こなた • (konata)
- (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
- 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
| 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) |
|||
| 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) |
|||
| 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) |
|||
| 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
| For pronunciation and definitions of こなた – see the following entry. | ||
| ||
| (This term, こなた (konata), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “こ‐な‐た 【此方】”, 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
- ^ Frellesvig, Bjarke (2010) A History of the Japanese Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 247
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN