月夜

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Chinese

moon; month night
simp. and trad.
(月夜)

Pronunciation


Noun

月夜

  1. moonlit night; moonlit evening

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (月夜):
  • Japanese: (げつ)() (getsuya)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
つき
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
kun'yomi

From (tsuki, moon) +‎ (yo, night).

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

Pronunciation

Noun

(つき)() (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}}.
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Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

月夜(つくよ) (tsukuyo

  1. the moon
  2. a moonlit night

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
げつ
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
kan'on on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 月夜 (MC ngjwot yaeH).

Pronunciation

Noun

(げつ)() (getsuya

  1. a moonlight night, moonlight evening

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Old Japanese

Etymology

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

Noun

月夜 (tukuyo1) (kana つくよ)

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

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