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Japanese
Etymology
⟨ko2 no2 pana⟩ → /ko no pana/ → /ko no fana/ → /ko no hana/
From Old Japanese 木の花 (ko2 no2 pana).
Noun
木の花 • (konohana)
- flowers blooming on a tree, especially, an elegant label for 梅の花 (ume no hana, “plum blossoms”)
- 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (kana preface)
- 難波津に咲くやこの花冬ごもり今は春辺と咲くやこの花
- Naniwa-zu ni saku ya ko-no-hana fuyu-gomori ima wa harube to saku ya ko-no-hana
- Flowers on the trees in bloom at Naniwazu say, "Now the winter yields its place to the springtime!" Flowers blooming on the trees.
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References
- ^ Arthur H. Thornhill III (1997) “Yūgen after Zeami”, in James R. Brandon, editor, Nō and Kyōgen in the Contemporary World, illustrated edition, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 37
Old Japanese
Etymology
Phrase consisting of 木 (ko2, “tree”) + の (no2, possessive particle) + 花 (pana, “flower”).
The 木 (ko2) reading is the combining form (this is one such exception) and probably an older form of ⟨ki2⟩.
Noun
木の花 (ko2no2pana) (kana このはな)
- flowers blooming on a tree, especially, an elegant label for 櫻の花 (sakura no2 pana, “cherry blossoms”)
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