子等

Japanese

Kanji in this term
子 等
こ
Grade: 1		 ら
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 子 (ko, “child”) +‎ 等 (ra, pluralizing and softening suffix).[1][2] Found in the Man'yōshū completed some time after 759 CE.[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

子等 (hiragana こら, rōmaji kora)

  1. children
    • 2016 April 23, “エムラクールの孵ふ化か者しゃ [Emrakul’s Hatcher]”, in エルドラージ覚醒 [Eldrazi Awakening], Wizards of the Coast:
      それは黙 (だま)ったまま忌 (い)まわしき子 (こ)らを率 (ひき)いる。
      Sore wa damatta mama imawashiki kora o hikiiru.
      Wordlessly it leads its abhorrent brood.
  2. (archaic, possibly obsolete) child, little one (as a term of endearment and address for another person)
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 18, poem 4127)[4]
      等之<乃>古非 氣奈我伎古良河 都麻度比能欲曽
      年 (とし)の恋 (こひ)日 (け)長 (なが)き子 (こ)らが妻 (つま)どひの夜 (よ)ぞ
      toshi no kohi kenagaki kora ga tsumadohi no yo zo
      year-round love, as the days lengthen, this night my little one comes calling

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 5, poem 899), text here
  4. ↑ c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 18, poem 4127), text here
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