なに

Japanese

Pronoun

なに • (nani)

何: interrogative pronoun; what
- c. late 9th-mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari:
  これを見て、舟より下りて、「山の名を何（なに）とか申」と問ふ。女答へていはく、「これは蓬萊の山なり」と答ふ。
  Seeing this, having gotten off the ship, he asked "What do you call this mountain?" The woman answered, "This is the Hōrai mountain".
- c. late 9th-mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari:
  なに仰る。いま金すこしにこそあなれ。かならずをくるべき物にこそあなれ。
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

なにか (nani ka)
なにも (nani mo)
なにごと (nanigoto)
なにばかり (nanibakari)
なにぞ (nani zo)

References

Sakakura, Atsuyoshi with Yūichi Ōtsu, Hiroshi Tsukishima, Toshiko Abe, and Imai Gen'e (1957) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 9: Taketori Monogatari, Ise Monogatari, Yamato Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN.

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