小夜

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
小	夜
さ Grade: 1	よ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. Compound of さ (sa-, prefix meaning "early" or "small", or meaningless) + 夜 (よ) (yo, “night”)^[1]

The use of 小 in the spelling is an example of ateji (当て字). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) さよ [sáꜜyò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [sa̠jo̞]

Noun

小夜 (hiragana さよ, rōmaji sayo)

dark, night, nighttime
- 1205, Shin Kokin Wakashū (book 5 poem 483), text here (also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 94)
  み吉 (よし)野 (の)の山 (やま)の秋風 (あきかぜ)さ夜 (よ)ふけてふるさと寒 (さむ)く衣 (ころも)うつなり
  mi-Yoshino no yama no akikaze sayo fukete furusato samuku koromo utsunari
  At Yoshino the mountain wind deepens into the night, and in the old village a fulling block is struck.^[2]
Synonym: 夜 (yoru)

Derived terms

Derived terms

小 (さ)夜 (よ)嵐 (あらし) (sayo arashi)
小 (さ)夜 (よ)神楽 (かぐら) (sayo kagura)
小 (さ)夜 (よ)曲 (きょく) (sayokyoku, “serenade”)
小 (さ)夜 (よ)格 (ごう)子 (し) (sayo gōshi)
小 (さ)夜 (よ)衣 (ごろも) (sayo-goromo)
小 (さ)夜 (よ)時雨 (しぐれ) (sayo shigure)
小 (さ)夜 (よ)千 (ち)鳥 (どり) (sayo chidori)
小 (さ)夜 (よ)の中山 (なかやま) (Sayo-no-Nakayama)
小 (さ)夜 (よ)の寝 (ね)覚 (ざ)め (sayo no nezame)

Proper noun

小夜 (hiragana さよ, rōmaji Sayo)

a female given name.
a surname.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
小	夜
こ Grade: 1	よる Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From 小 (こ) (ko, “small”) + 夜 (よる) (yoru, “night”).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- IPA^(key): [ko̞jo̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

小夜 (hiragana こよる, rōmaji koyoru)

small nightwear
Synonym: 小夜着 (koyogi)

Etymology 3

Various nanori readings.

Proper noun

小夜 (hiragana さや, rōmaji Saya)

a female given name.

See also

小 (さ)夜 (や)の中山 (なかやま) (Saya-no-Nakayama)

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ Matsuo Basho; David Landis Barnhill (2005) Basho's Journey: The Literary Prose of Matsuo Basho, illustrated edition, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 148

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