月夜

Chinese
moon; month night
simp. and trad.
(月夜)		 月 夜

Pronunciation

Noun

月夜

  1. moonlit night; moonlit evening

Synonyms
  • (Hokkien) 月光暝

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (月夜):
  • → Japanese: 月(げつ)夜(や) (getsuya)

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
月 夜
つき
Grade: 1		 よ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From 月 (tsuki, “moon”) +‎ 夜 (yo, “night”).

Alternatively, a shift from Old Japanese 月夜 (tukuyo1).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) つき​よ [tsùkíꜜyò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝkʲijo̞]

Noun

月(つき)夜(よ) • (tsukiyo) 

  1. a moonlit night or evening, especially during autumn
  2. (by extension, archaic) the moon
  3. (archaic women's speech) Synonym of 飯鮨 (iizushi): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 月(つき)夜(よ)影(かげ) (tsukiyokage)
  • 月(つき)夜(よ)烏(がらす) (tsukiyogarasu)
  • 月(つき)夜(よ)ざし (tsukiyozashi)
  • 月(ツキ)夜(ヨ)茸(タケ) (tsukiyotake)
  • 有(あり)明(あけ)月(つき)夜(よ) (ariake tsukiyo)
  • 薄(うす)月(づき)夜(よ) (usuzukiyo)
  • 朧(おぼろ)月(づき)夜(よ) (oborozukiyo)
  • 星(ほし)月(づき)夜(よ) (hoshizukiyo)
  • 夕(ゆう)月(づき)夜(よ) (yūzukiyo)
  • 雪(ゆき)月(づき)夜(よ) (yukizukiyo)
  • 宵(よい)月(づき)夜(よ) (yoizukiyo)
Idioms
  • 月(つき)夜(よ)に釜(かま)を抜(ぬ)かれる (tsukiyo ni kama o nukareru)
Proverbs
  • 月(つき)夜(よ)に提(ちょう)灯(ちん)も外(がい)聞(ぶん) (tsukiyo ni chōchin mo gaibun)
  • 月(つき)夜(よ)の蟹(かに) (tsukiyo no kani)
  • いつも月(つき)夜(よ)に米(こめ)の飯(めし) (itsumo tsukiyo ni kome no meshi)
  • 親(おや)と月(つき)夜(よ)はいつもよい (oya to tsukiyo wa itsumo yoi)

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, 月 (tsuku, “moon”, the bound form of 月(つき) (tsuki)) +‎ 夜 (yo, “night”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝjo̞]

Noun

月夜(つくよ) • (tsukuyo) 

  1. the moon
  2. a moonlit night

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
月 夜
げつ
Grade: 1		 や
Grade: 2
kan’on on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 月夜 (MC ngjwot yaeH).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) げ​つや [géꜜtsùyà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡe̞t͡sɨᵝja̠]

Noun

月(げつ)夜(や) • (getsuya) 

  1. a moonlight night, moonlight evening

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Old Japanese

Etymology

From 月 (tuku, apophonic and compounding form of tuki2, “moon”) +‎ 夜 (yo1, “night”).

Noun

月夜 (tukuyo1) (kana つくよ)

  1. a moonlight night, moonlight evening
  2. (by extension) the moon

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 曉月夜 (akato2ki1-dukuyo1) → 暁月夜 (akatsuki-zukuyo)
  • 朝月夜 (asadukuyo1)
  • 卯の花月夜 (uno2pana-dukuyo1)
  • 木の下月夜 (konoshita-zukuyo)
  • 星月夜 (hoshizukuyo)
  • 夕月夜 (yupudukuyo1) → 夕月夜 (yūzukuyo)

Descendants

See also
  • 久方の (pi1sakata no2), pillow word that can allude to tukuyo1
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