こなた

See also: こなだ

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spelling
此方

Various sources suggest a possible contraction from この方 (ko-no-kata, literally “this way”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Pronoun

こなた • (konata) 

  1. (archaic) this way, here
  2. (archaic) the person in question, he, she, him, her
  3. (archaic) since (a time in the past), prior to (a time in the future)
  4. (archaic) first-person pronoun: I, me, we, us
  5. (archaic) second-person pronoun: you
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • こなた様(さま) (konata-sama)
  • こなた方(ざま) (konata-zama)
  • こなた方(がた) (konata-gata)
  • 此方(こなた)合点(がってん) (konata gatten)
  • こなたかなた (konatakanata)
  • こなた衆(しゅう) (konatashū)
  • こなた暗(ぐら) (konatagura)
  • あなたこなた (anatakonata)
  • かなたこなた (kanatakonata)
  • 年(とし)のこなた (toshi no konata)
  • 此方(こんた) (konta)
See also
Classical Japanese pronouns and demonstratives
a-/wa-
“I, we”
(first person)		 na-/-ma-
“you, ye, thou”
(second person)		 k-
“this”
(close to speaker)		 s-
“that”
(close to listener)		 a-/ka-
“that over there”
(far from both)		 i-/ta-/nani-
“who, what, where, how, when”
(interrogative)		 ono-
“oneself”
(reflexive)
Person あ (a)
あれ (are)
わ (wa)
われ (ware)
まろ (maro)		 な (na)
なれ (nare)
なんぢ (nanji)
まし (mashi)
いまし (imashi)
みまし (mimashi)
きみ (kimi)		 こ (ko)
これ (kore)		 そ (so)
それ (sore)		 あ (a)
あれ (are)
か (ka)
かれ (kare)		 た (ta)
たれ (tare)
なにがし (nanigashi)		 おの (ono)
おのれ (onore)
Thing こ (ko)
これ (kore)		 そ (so)
それ (sore)		 あ (a)
あれ (are)
か (ka)
かれ (kare)		 いづれ (izure)
なに (nani)
Location ここ (koko) そこ (soko) あしこ (ashiko)
かしこ (kashiko)		 いづく (izuku)
いづこ (izuko)
いどこ (idoko)
どこ (doko)
Direction こち (kochi)
こなた (konata)		 そち (sochi)
そなた (sonata)		 あち (achi)
あなた (anata)
かなた (kanata)		 いづち (izuchi)
いづら (izura)
いづかた (izukata)
Manner か (ka)
かく (kaku)
かくて (kakute)
かう (kō)		 さ (sa)
さて (sate)
しか (shika)		 いか (ika)
Time いつ (itsu)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

こなた • (Konata) 

  1. 小向: a surname

References
  1. “こ‐な‐た 【此方】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) Paid subscription required‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
  2. Frellesvig, Bjarke (2010) A History of the Japanese Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 247
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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