Japanese edit

Etymology edit

Alternative spelling
此方

[kóꜜnàtà][kóꜜntà]

Shift from こなた (konata).[1][2][3]

First cited to around 1780.[1]

May be obsolete; not listed in some dictionaries,[4][5] and marked in others as specific to the Edo period and the geographic region around Edo (modern-day Tokyo).[3]

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

こんた (konta

  1. [1780–???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) second-person address: you
    Synonym: (modern term) あなた (anata)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN