月夜

月夜

1. moonlit night; moonlit evening

• (Hokkien) 月光暝

From 月 (tsuki, “moon”) +‎ 夜 (yo, “night”).

Alternatively, a shift from Old Japanese 月夜 (tukuyo₁).

• (Tokyo) つき​よ (Nakadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

月(つき)夜(よ) • (tsukiyo) 

1. a moonlit night or evening, especially during autumn
2. (by extension, archaic) the moon
3. (archaic women's speech) Synonym of 飯鮨 (iizushi): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• 月(つき)夜(よ)に釜(かま)を抜(ぬ)かれる (tsukiyo ni kama o nukareru)

• 月(つき)夜(よ)に提(ちょう)灯(ちん)も外(がい)聞(ぶん) (tsukiyo ni chōchin mo gaibun)
• 月(つき)夜(よ)の蟹(かに) (tsukiyo no kani)
• いつも月(つき)夜(よ)に米(こめ)の飯(めし) (itsumo tsukiyo ni kome no meshi)
• 親(おや)と月(つき)夜(よ)はいつもよい (oya to tsukiyo wa itsumo yoi)

By surface analysis, 月 (tsuku, “moon”, the bound form of 月(つき) (tsuki)) +‎ 夜 (yo, “night”).

• IPA^(key):

月夜(つくよ) • (tsukuyo) 

1. the moon
2. a moonlit night

From Middle Chinese 月夜 (MC ngjwot yaeH).

• (Tokyo) げ​つや (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

月(げつ)夜(や) • (getsuya) 

1. a moonlight night, moonlight evening

From 月 (tuku, apophonic and compounding form of tuki₂, “moon”) +‎ 夜 (yo₁, “night”).

月夜 (tukuyo₁) (kana つくよ)

1. a moonlight night, moonlight evening
2. (by extension) the moon

• Japanese: 月夜 (tsukiyo)

• 久方の (pi₁sakata no₂), pillow word that can allude to tukuyo₁