今宵

Japanese

Etymology

/ko₂yo₂hi₁/: *[kəyəpi] > [koyoɸi] > [koyowi] > [koyoi]. Compound of demonstrative pronoun ko and yoi (“evening”).

Noun

今宵 (hiragana こよい, romaji koyoi, historical hiragana こよひ)

1. this evening; tonight
   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 14, poem #3469)

     由布氣尓毛 許余比登乃良路 和賀西奈波 阿是曽母許与比 与斯呂伎麻左奴

See also

• 今夜 (kon'ya)
• 今晩 (konban)

References

• 2002 [c. 759], Akihiro Satake; Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, Yoshiyuki Yamazaki, Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Man'yōshū 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-240003-4: